LAND USE PLAN TRINCOMALEE DISTRICT
Prepared under the programme of implementation of recommendations given by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)
2016
Land Use Policy Planning Department Ministry of Lands
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Secretary’s Message
Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) made several recommendations pertaining to the proper use of land in the country. The responsibility for implementing these recommendations were shared by the different institutions coming under the purview of the Ministry of Lands i.e. Land Commissioner’s General Department, Land Settlement Department, Land Use Policy Planning Department, Land Reform Commission.
One of the recommendations made by the LLRC was to prepare Land Use Plans for the districts in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. The Ministry handed over this responsibility to the Land Use Policy Planning Department. The task was completed by May 2016. I would like to thank all the National Level Officers and officers in the Trincomalee District who assisted in preparing this plan and the Director General of the Land Use Policy Planning Department and her staff for doing a good job.
I have great pleasure in presenting the Land Use Plan for the Trincomalee district.
Dr. I.H.K. Mahanama Secretary, Ministry of Lands
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Director General’s Message
I have great pleasure in presenting the Land Use Plan for the Trincomalee district prepared by the officers of the Land Use Policy Planning Department. This task was commenced with limited resources in the Department, but subsequently, the much needed resources for field work were provided by the Ministry of Lands.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many individuals who helped us in preparing the plan. I wish to thank in particular the Secretary, Ministry of Lands; the Government Agent/District Secretary and the Divisional Secretaries of the Trincomalee district; members of the National Expert Group (NEG); the District Expert Group (DEG); the Divisional Level Officers the members of the farmer organizations.
Finally my thanks go to the staff at the Head Office of the Land Use Policy Planning Department and the district level for their commitment despite the many hardships faced by them, particularly in conducting the required field studies.
I trust this plan will be used as a decision making tool for promoting wise land use in the district.
P.M. Shanthi Fernando Director General
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MEMEBERS OF THE FIELD TEAM
The team was guided and coordinated by Mr. A.N.J. Fernando, Land Use Planning Officer, District Land Use Planning Office, Trincomalee according to the directions given by the staff at the Head Office. Land Use Plan has been compiled by Mr. B.A. Jayananda, Deputy Director (Land Use Planning), Land Use Policy Planning Department, Head Office, Narahenpita, Colombo 05.
The following teams of officers have been involved in field data collection, mapping and conducting of meetings
1. Mr. W. Palitha Weerakkodi, Land Use Planning Officer, District Land Use Planning Office, Trincomalee. 2. Mr. M.I. Fawmy, Land Use Planning Officer, Kinniya DSD 3. Mr. A.W.M.Unas, Land Use Planning Officer, Muthur DSD 4. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar, Land Use Planning Officer, District Land Use Planning Office 5. Mrs. S. Mahendran, Development Officer, District Land Use Planning Office 6. Mr. A. Sanjeew, Development Officer, Town and Gravet DSD 7. Mr. N. Logaseelan, Development Officer, District Land Use Planning Office 8. Mr. T. Pradeepan, Development Officer, Seruwila DSD 9. Mr. S. Arulchallan, Development Officer, Verugal DSD 10. Mr. V. Siridaran, Development Officer, Gomarankadawala DSD 11. Mr. A. Vijikaran, Development Officer, Kuchchaveli DSD 12. Mrs. A. J. Jafeena Umma, Development Officer, Thambalagamuwa DSD
Map Preparation, additional field data collection and data analysis.
During the process of field work and report writing stage as well as data analysis following Land Use Planning Officers have been involved and contributed to successful completion of this document.
1. Mr. Ajith Sujeewa Biyanwilage, Land Use Planning Officer, Head Office 2. Mrs. M.A.S. Krishanthi, Land Use Planning Officer, Head Office 3. Mr. K.D. Nilantha, Land Use Planning Officer, Head Office 4. Mr. W.A. Manuka Sampath, Land Use Planning Officer, Head Office 5. Mrs. E.H.S.G. Ekanayake, Land Use Planning Officer, Head Office 6. Mrs. S.J. Keerthisinghe, Land Use Planning Officer, Head Office 7. Mrs. R.M.R.D. Karunarathne, Land Use Planning Officer, Head Office 8. Miss. K. Nirosha Sandamali, Development Officer, Head Office
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PART – 01
BACKGROUND
1. INTRODUCTION
The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) of 2011 recommended that “a land use plan for each District in the North and East should be developed with the participation of district and national experts drawn from various relevant disciplines to guide the district administration in land conservation and alienation in order to ensure protection of environment and bio-diversity; sustainable economic development; leisure and recreational standards; religious, cultural and archaeological sites with a view to improving the quality of life of the present and future generations”. The preparation of the plans was entrusted to the Land Use Policy Planning Department (LUPPD).
The LUPPD started the planning process by establishing two expert groups, one at the National Level and other at the District Level. Field work of the planning process was commenced in 2013. Initially the available land use maps were updated to study the current patterns of land use and subsequently major land use issues were identified based on the field investigations. Recommendations to address the land use issues were formulated and these were presented to the Expert Groups and stakeholders for their views and comments. The plan for the district has been prepared by incorporating the views and comments of the Expert Groups and the stakeholders.
The report is divided into two parts. The administrative structure, physical environment, demography, infrastructure, existing spatial plans of the district are presented in the part I. The methodology adapted, existing land use of the district, the issues pertaining to major land uses and the proposed land use plan including the recommendations to address the land use issues and the suggested implementation strategy are presented in the part ii.
2. DISTRICT PROFILE
2.1. Introduction
The District of Trincomalee is situated in the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka. This district falls within the Northern longitudes of 80 5’ 54.53’’ to 80 59’ 52.15” and Eastern latitudes of 800 44’ 38.96” to 81027’53.86”. This District is bordered with Mullathivu District in North, Anuradhapura District in West and Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa Districts in the South. The Eastern side of the District is bordered by the sea of Bengal. This District covers an area of 2,630 square kilometers. Trincomalee history goes back to a time of immemorial. The Mahavansa & Chulavansa, the two great chronicles, mention present Trincomalee as “Gokanna”, “Gokarana”, and “Gonagamaka” during the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa periods of Island’s history.
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2.2 Administrative Structure
Administratively, the Trincomalee District is belongs to Eastern Province. The District is divided in to 11 Divisional Secretary’s Divisions (Annex-01). These Divisional Secretary Divisions are further subdivided in to 230 Grama Niladhary’s Divisions (the smallest Administrative Unit) and 687 villages (Table 1 and Figure 1). The details of G.N.Divisions are given in the annex-02.
Table 01- Land Distribution, G.N. Divisions and No. of Villages– Trincomalee District
No. of G.N. No. of S/N Name of the Division Area (Km2) Divisions Villages 01 Trincomalee (T & G) 148.0 42 112 02 Padavisripura 217.1 10 26 03 Gomarankadawala 285.0 10 41 04 Kinniya 146.9 31 107 05 Seruwila 279..0 17 28 06 Muttur 179.4 42 96 07 Kanthale 397.3 23 62 08 Kuchchaveli 313.3 24 86 09 Morawewa 322.4 10 41 10 Thambalagamuwa 244.4 12 48 11 Verugal 98.0 09 40 Total 2,630.8 230 687 Source: Dept: of Census and Statistics- 2012
There are two Urban Councils in this District namely, Trincomalee UC and Kinniya UC. In addition, balance area of the district is covered by 11 “Pradeshiya Saphas” (local Authorities) i.e.I). Trincomalee, ii) Padavisri pura, iii) Gomaranakandawala, IV) Kinniya, v) Mutthur, VI) Seruwila, vii) Kanthale, viii) Kuchchaveli, ix) Morawewa, x) Thambalagamuwa, xi) Verugal (Annex-03). In this District there are, 03 Electoral Divisions such as (a). Seruwila (b). Trincomalee (c). Muttur. In the Trincomalee District there are 23 Agrarian Development Centers, such as Morawewa, Nilavely, Kurinachkernry, Padavi-Sripura, Kuchchavely, Pulmoddai, Kinniya, Sampaltheevu, Kiliveddy, Sampoor, Kanathalai, Seruwila, Jinnanagar, Thampalagamam, Gomaranakandawala, Trincomalee, Agbopura, Uppuvely, Mullipothanai, Vaanela, Munnampody-veddai, Verugal and Muttur (Annex-04).
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2.3 Physical Environment
2.3.1. Topography
The total District Land Extent is about 2728 Km2 including water bodies. Water bodies cover an extent of 96.59Km. The topography of the District is mainly an undulating plain with a long coastal belt of 350Km length, which is associated with 10 Bays and 15 lagoons.
Trincomalee District is the most important district strategically in Eastern Province because of its natural harbor and associated port.
Topographically, Trincomalee District is consisted with undulating terrains, and flat to nearly flat areas including coastal plains and natural flood plains. However, the Trincomalee coastal region comprises the gemorphological types describe below including: (1). Hills and cliffs; (2). Dunes; (3). Estuaries; (4). Beach bars and spits and; (5). Beaches/ Shorelines.
(i). Hills & Cliffs
Hills are a distinctive feature of Trincomalee Bay and the Island within it. Kokkupeechiyakallu is a rocky outcrop in Kuchchaveli DS Division in Thampalagamam Bay. Peithivu is another good example of a rocky outcrop in Trincomalee District. High cliffs occur rarely on rocky shores. Swami Rock in Trincomalee is an example. Less prominent outcrops are found at Salli and Salapaiaru.
The hills and islands of Trincomalee harbor have high positive significance to Trincomalee District. They also give protection from storms and tsunami. There are relatively limited numbers of cliffs in Trincomalee District. There are parts of the hill topography.
(ii).Dunes (consolidated/ unconsolidated)
Dunes are windblown accumulation of sand that occur above the tide line and so are distinctive from adjacent landforms such as beaches and tidal flats. Dunes typically have a bare zone with saline and loose sand as the outermost margins towards the sea and from landward overlapping vegetation zones that are dissemble above the high water mark.
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(iii). Estuaries, lagoons, wetlands and thona
Estuaries: the term lagoon are often applied to what is, from an ecological perspective, an estuary. There are no true lagoons in Trincomalee District, according to the definition of lagoon in the Sri Lanka Coastal Zone Management Plan – 2004. The use of the term lagoon is therefore, synonymous with estuary.
Estuaries are shallow areas separated from the sea by a sand bar of variable width that may be permanently or occasionally breached by one or more bar mouths. They are natural systems that transition between rivers/ streams and the open sea. Salinity ranges from freshwater to seawater depending on the proximity to the bar mouth and extent of freshwater river discharges which vary according to whether it is the wet or dry season.
Estuaries can be viewed as wetlands. These are places, which are temporarily or permanently covered with water. The convention on wetlands of Internatial Importance especially as waterfowl habitat (The Ramsar Convention) destines wetland as “Areas of marsh, fen, peat land or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six meters.
According to the wetland atlas of Sri Lanka Mahaweli River flood plain, Kokkilai lagoon, Periya Karachi and Sinna Karachi lagoons and Ullacklie lagoon are the five identified main wetlands in the Trincomalee District.
The Mahaweli River flood plain is located at the South of Trincomalee Bay and is a costal flood plain. 17,350 ha of the flood plain area have been declared as a National Park.
(iv). Beach Bars and Spits
Beach bars are unconsolidated sediments accumulated by wave and water currents in the intertidal. Beach bars are found at Thampalagamam Bay and Koddiyar Bay in Trincomalee District.
Spits are incipient barrier beaches that project from the shore in the direction of the dominant drift and are free at the end. The most commercially important spit is in Pulmoddai, north of Trincomalee, at the outlet of the Kokkilai estuary. The limonite rich deposits that constitute this spit used to be mined on a large scale but are replenished from terrestrial sources during the Northeast monsoon.
According to the CCD Act, beach/ shoreline is destined as a gently sloping area of unconsolidated material, typically sand, that extends landward from the mean high watermark to the area where there is a marked change in material or natural
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Physiographic form. In cases where there is no marked change in the material or natural physiographic form, the beach will be deemed to extend to a distance of 20 meters landward from mean high water level or to a level of 2.5 meters above mean high water level, whichever is less.
According to the four types of beaches are described in the above Act, however regarding the Trincomalee District only beach category available is called Bay and Headlands.
2.3.2 Climate
Trincomalee has a tropical wet and dry/ savanna climate with a pronounced dry season in the high sun month, no cold season. Wet season is in the low – sun months (Koppen – Geiger Classification). The mean annual temperature is 28.5 degrees Celsius. Average monthly temperatures vary by 4.50C. This indicates that the continentality type is hyper oceanic, subtype truly hyper oceanic. Total annual average precipitation is 1569 mm. The driest weather is in June when an average of 341 mm of rainfall accurs. The details of many climatic parameters are given in the figure 2 of this report.
According to the detailed agro-climatic classification in the Trincomalee District there are 5(five) sub regions in the district. The table 2 shows the land extent of these sub regions and their boundaries are given in the Figure 03.
Table 02 Agro – ecological Sub Regions in Trincomalee District
Short Description of the Agro – Climatic Sub – Land Extent (ha) Region DL1c 43653 DL1d 120438 DL1e 21119 DL2 & DL4 24632 DL2 b 53612 Source: Agro Ecological Map of Sri Lanka (Dept. of Agriculture).
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Figure 02
Different Climatic Parameters – Trincomalee District
Source: https://www.google.lk/search?q=trincomalee+climate+map
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2.3.3 Soils
The most widely distributed soil group is alluvial soils especially in the Mahaweli delta and on the flood plain. Regosol is firmly established in the coastal area and in particular the beach area in long narrow belts. The radish brown earths are really as abundant. This soil group contains red – brown soil with low humic glay, solodized solonates and non – calcic brown soils. Low humic glay is most widespread on the undulating terrain. Non calcic red brown soil is well developed on old parent materials mainly to the North and the South of the Trincomalee harbor. Solonchaks and solodized rock with recent alluvial deposits can be found in minor quantities in the area. However according to the detail soil map of Sri Lanka, there are 09 soil groups identified in the Trincomalee District, and details of these soil groups are given in the table 3 & figure 4 in the report.
Table 03- Distribution of Great Soil Groups in Trincomalee District
Great Soil Group Extent (%)
Alluvial soils of variable drainage and texture; 21.2 flat terrain Erosional remnants (Inselbergs) 5.8 Noncalcic Brown soils, soils on old alluvium & 7,7 Solonetz; undulating terrain Reddish Brown Earths & Low Humic Gley soils; 50.5 undulating terrain Reddish Brown Earths & Solodized Solonetz; 3.8 undulating terrain Reddish Brown Earths & Noncalcic Brown soils 0 & Low Humic Gley soils; undulating terrain Regosol on Recent beach and dune sands; flat 2.5 terrain Rock knob plain 4.2 Solodized Solonetz and Solonchaks; flat terrain 3 Water Bodies 1.2 Total 100
Source: Soil Map of Sri Lanka (Dept. of Irrigation)
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2.3.4 Water
Trincomalee District receives much of its water from the central highlands and particularly during the dry season water may become limited. The water is found as surface water & groundwater.
The surface & groundwater of Trincomalee District are to a great extent, recharged from waters coming from the central highlands. Much of the District is in covered by the Mahaweli river basin. The Yan Oya, Kunchikuban Aru, Pankulam Aru, Pan Oya and Kantale, are also significant basins in the district (Figure -05).
The distribution of water resources of the District is indicated in Table 4 below. According to this table, the total water resource in the Maha season in Trincomalee District account for about 3% of the total water resource of the country. In the Yala season the water resources account for 1%. The depth of the surface water in the district is less than the average for the whole island.
Table 04 Distribution of Seasonal Water Resources in Trincomalee District.
Maha Season Yala Season Zone Total Water Depth (m) Total Water Depth (m) Sri Lanka 23Km2 0.35 18Km2 0.28 Wet zone 49% 0.74 21% 0.85 Dry zone 51% 0.23 29% 0.10 Trincomalee District 3% 0.27 % 0.08 Source: Coastal Resource Profile for Trincomalee District 2010, Min. of Nation Building Estate Infrastructure Development/ADB/NECCDEP/ANZDEC
Various estimates have been made of annual surface runoff ranging from four million hectare meters to over five million hectare meters. It is assumed that the average total annual surface runoff in Sri Lanka is approximately 4.5 million – hectare meters (National Science Foundation – 2000). The surface runoff in the Trincomalee District is shown in the Table below.
Table 05- Volume of Surface Runoff - Trincomalee District.
Zone Maha Season Yala Season Sri Lanka 24km2 14Km2 Wet Zone 51% 81% Dry Zone 49% 19% Trincomalee District 3% 1%
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Source: Coastal Resource Profile for Trincomalee District 2010, Min. of Nation Building Estate Infrastructure Development/ADB/NECCDEP/ANZDEC
428 working tanks provide irrigation water for Trincomalee District, and there are also 196 abandoned tanks (Figure-06). The operational tanks provide irrigation for about 9,867 hectares of land. The consumption of surface water in the District is 9 liters per capita daily in the industrial sector and 38 letters per capita daily in the domestic sector. Use of piped water in the District is 2%. The low level of industrial use of water is indicative of the low level of industrial development.
Table 06: Major and Medium Tanks in Trincomalee District
D.S. Division Name of the Medium Tank Name of the Major Tank Galmatiyawa Tank Thambalagamuwa No major Tanks Paravipanchan Kulam Pettawa Pulikandikulam
Mahakallampaththuwa Tank
Madawachchiya Tank Nill Kivulakadawela Tank Gomarankadawala Kurunthugama Tank
Oddichankulam Kudawewa Tank Unukamam Kulam Sondiy Kulam Sinna Kulam Nill Verugal Tharasenai Kulam Kiran Kulam Town and Gravets Andankulam Nill Periyakulam Periya Elumpurukki Kulam Maduwakkulam Yan Oya Anicut Kuchchaveli Ethanda Murippu Kulam Neelapanikkan Tank Ethapanthiwewa Morawewa Pankulam Morawewa Panmathavaachi Tank Mahadivul Wewa Kinniya Kurangupanchan Kulam Thoppoor Muthur Sampoor Seruwila Nill Mavil Aru Anicut Peramadu Kulam Kanthale Kanthale Nill Vanela Vendrasan Kulam Source: District Secretary’s Office -Trincomalee
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Figure 06
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2.4 Demographic Structure
2.4.1 Population
According to the Department of Census & Statistics, total population of the Trincomalee District is amounted to 378,182 persons in 2012. Of this population, 187,000 are male and 190,000 are female.
This amount of population is distributed over 11 D.S. Divisions as follows. As per the table below, the highest population density is reported from Trinco Town and Gravets. The second highest is reported from Kinniya. The table 6 below shows population density details in all D.S. Divisions along with other relevant information.
Table 07-Population Distribution and Density in the Trincomalee District.
Population Density S/N Name of the Division Area (Km2) Population (Persons/ Km2) 01 Trincomalee (T & G) 148.0 657 97,234 02 Padavisripura 217.1 55 11,858 03 Gomarankadawala 285.0 26 7,339 04 Kinniya 146.9 440 64,451 05 Seruwila 279..0 48 13,546 06 Muttur 179.4 314 56,379 07 Kanthale 397.3 117 46,641 08 Kuchchaveli 313.3 106 33,100 09 Morawewa 322.4 25 7,946 10 Thambalagamuwa 244.4 116 28,356 11 Verugal 98.0 115 11,332 Total 2.630.8 143 378,182 Source: - Department of Census and Statistics, 2012
Ethnically, there are 08 communities reported from the Trincomalee District. According to the table 7 below 39.8% of them are Sri Lankan Moor, 30.1 % are Sri Lankan Tamil & 26.6 % are Sinhalese. Compositions of all the 08 ethnic groups are given in the Table 7 and Figure 7 in this report.
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Table 08 -Population by Ethnic Groups –Trincomalee District
Population by Ethnic Groups
Sri Name of the Sinhales Sri Lankan Indian Sri Lankan S/N Burgher Malay Lanka Other Division e Tamil Tamil Moor Chetty Trincomalee (T & 01 21,179 61,287 546 13,113 750 333 4 27 G) 02 Padavisripura 11,846 10 1 1 03 Gomarankadawala 7,313 25 1 04 Kinniya 19 2,522 3,445 58,447 1 2 2 13 05 Seruwila 9,293 1,816 3 2,426 7 1 06 Muttur 444 20,935 4 34,984 2 10 07 Kanthale 37,448 1,534 2 5,108 47 14 8 4 08 Kuchchaveli 1,193 10,553 40 21,307 3 4 09 Morawewa 5,750 888 3 1,300 2 2 1 10 Thambalagamuwa 7,476 4,701 16,164 1 10 4 11 Verugal 30 11,283 12 3 4 Total 101,991 115,549 6,531 152,854 815 364 14 64
Ethnicity wise Population 180,000
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0 Sinhalese Sri Lanka Indian Sri mLanka Burgher Malay Sri Lankan Other Tamil Tamil Moor Chetty
Figure 8 -Ethnicity wise population in Trincomalee District
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According to the religious wise composition, it is also reported that 42% of the population in the Trincomalee District is Islamic and 26% are Buddhist while 25.9% are Hindu as given in the Table 09 & figure 09 below.
Table 09- Population by Religion – Trincomalee District
Religion District Roman Other Buddhist Hindu Islam Other Catholic Christian Trincomalee District 98,772 98,133 159,251 14,795 7,097 134 Percentage 26.1 25.9 42.1 3.9 1.9 0.0
Religion wise Population 180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 Buddhist Hindu Islam Roman Catholic Other Christian Other
Figure 09 -Religion Wise Population in Trincomalee District
2.4.2 Labour Force
Total Labor force in the Trincomalee District is about 332,675. Of this amount, 27,286 are self employed and the 20,402 are considered as Government sector employed. In the district 35,884 are employed under Agriculture Sector. Details of employments in all sectors are given in the table 10 below.
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Table 10- Labour Force and Occupational Composition- Trincomalee District
No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Persons Persons Persons Persons Perso Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Employ Employ Employ Employ ns Employe Employ Employ Employ Employ Employ Employ ed in ed in ed in ed in Emplo d in ed in ed in ed in ed in ed in ed in Agricult Agricult Agricult Agricult yed in Agricult Agricult Agricult Agricult Agricult Agricult Agricult ure ure ure ure Agricu ure ure ure ure ure ure ure lture
D.S. Division
pura
Town and Gravets and Town Kuchchaveli Sri Padavi Kadavala Gomaran Morawewa Thambalagamuwa Kantale Kinniya Seruwila Muthur Verugal Total No.of self
Employed
7415 1139 455 397 1527 2587 5340 2881 1721 3613 211 27286
No. of
Government
Employed
7205 520 1001 567 581 1213 3769 2641 683 2064 158 20402
No. of Semi
Government
62 61 30 120 1054 1084 127 356 144 14 4121 Employees 1069
No.of Private
sector
1224 155 145 268 987 3571 842 243 485 36 11784 Employees 3828
No. of Foreign
Employees
1424 559 66 51 81 422 1052 780 127 - 797 5359
No. of Persons
Employed in
Agriculture
1542 2251 1850 1507 1669 5614 9168 3202 2106 4731 2244 35884
No. of Persons
Employed in
3497 2188 1324 156 192 704 2624 168 3642 1078 16781 Fisheries 1208
Other Employed
4504 3168 76 81 156 315 704 3547 168 3642 1113 17474
Others
8451 1956 231 345 800 417 2439 8890 1376 6343 1197 32445
Total No. of
Employed
23275 5871 5565 1528 656 3469 11782 24110 15878 66229 2776 161139
Total
59921 20247 11648 5975 6014 16270 39613 49644 22826 90893 9624 332’675 Source: District Secretariat - Trincomalee (2015)
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2.4.3 Occupational Structure
The major source of livelihood of the community is the agriculture and fishing. Paddy cultivation stands as the main agriculture crop in the district. The Kantale Tank, Wendrasakulam, Morawewa, Mahakanadarawa wewa, and Paravipankulama are some major tanks. There are three major Irrigation Projects; Kantale, Alla Kantale and Morawewa. Livestock & cattle breading is another livelihood. As Trincomalee is blessed with a world renowned coast and tourist destinations, tourism industry is another important economic activity with its excellent natural harbor and strategic positioning. International companies like Prima Ceylon and Tokyo Cement, have located their manufacturing plants and distribution center at Trincomalee.
2.5 Infrastructure
2.5.1 Roads and Railways
Trincomalee District has fairly well connected National Roads and Rail Roads with Capital City of Colombo and surrounding district centers. Within the district, Total Road length of the category A – D roads are accounted to about 700Km. Approximately 141Kms. of them are Grade “A”, while the 228Kms. are coming under the Grade “B” category (Figure-10) Each and every D.S. Divisions and Local Authority areas are well connected with each other with the above network, but only in the Mahaweli flood plain specially during the flood season road transportation is difficult. The table 11 shows details of road categories in the District & Figure 10 shows the distribution of road network according to the main, minor and cart tracts & Railways.
Table 11- Road and Rail road Network-Trincomalee District
Main Roads According to Grade and Distance 2012 Tarred Rds Not Tarred Rds Concrete Rds Total Road Grade Distance Distance Distance % % % Distance (KM) (Km) (Km) (Km) Grade – A 140.50 99.30 - - 1.00 0.70 141.50 Grade – B 190.90 87.10 29.47 12.90 - - 228.48 Grade - C 152.00 0.70 54.00 0.25 6.00 0.02 212.00 Grade – D 62.00 0.64 34. 0.35 96.00 Total 545.4 187.74 117.47 13.5 7 0.72 677.98 Source: District Secretariat -Trincomalee
In addition to the Road and Railroad transportation network, Trincomalee District is well connected with sea transport due to Trinco Harbor. The Trincomalee harbor with about 50Km of line is considered as the best sheltered harbors found in the world. It is the world’s fifth largest natural harbor.
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2.5.2 Communication Facilities
As a result of the Development of communication industry in the world and improvements has taken place within the country, the District of Trincomalee is also benefited. This includes Telephone (wired and wireless / mobile & fixed) Internet, Postal and all other electronic media, press and others. As far as the postal facilities are concern, there are 12, post offices 47, sub post offices and 03 Agency post offices in the District. The distribution pattern of post offices among D.S. Divisions are given in the Table12 below.
Table 12 Information on Post Offices within District
No of Sub Post No of Agency Post D.S.Divivsion No of Post Offices Offices Offices Gomarankadawala - 2 - Kanthalai 1 4 2 Kinniya 2 5 - Kuchchaveli 3 3 - Morawewa - 3 - Muttur 2 11 - Padavisripura - - - Seruwila 1 3 - Thambalakamam - 5 Town & Gravers 3 8 1 Verugal - 3 - Total 12 47 3 Source: Divisional Superintendent Office of Post
2.6 Land Use
Updated land use information for the Trincomalee District was limited at the initial stage. During the period of last few decades, it was also difficult to conduct field surveys due to civil conflicts. Only available past information was the calculation made under the CRS project (1982/83) of the Survey Department.
Therefore, new land use mapping exercise had to conduct at Divisional Secretary level to update the existing maps obtained from the Survey Department. According to the land use survey conducted, largest land cover type in the district is Forest. The second highest category is Agriculture. The detail Land Use Information is given in the Section 4.2 of this Report.
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2.7 Existing Spatial Plans
2.7.1. National Level Plans
Only available national level plan applicable to the district is “National Physical Plan” prepared by Department of Physical Planning. According to this plan, large extent of the district is coming under a Mega Zone, which extends up to Anuradhapura District. This plan however, if implemented large extent of land are will be converted to urban usages by converting agricultural and other land uses to non – Agricultural (urban and infrastructure) developments.
2.7.2. Regional and Sub – Regional Level Plans
Regional or Sub – Regional Plans directly related to land resource management are not available for the Trincomalee District. However, sector wise plans such as strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) and North East Coastal Community Development Project prepared by then the ministry of Nation building and state Infrastructure developments are to be considered as supporting information bases on decision making at the district level. In addition to above, proposed Yan Oya Project covers basically large extent of lands under irrigation. Nearly 300 acres of land is inundated in Pamburugaswewa tank under this project.
2.7.3. Need for a Land Use Plan
A comprehensive land use plan is needed to address following issues due to several reasons. They are as follows.
a. As a result of a long period of civil war and conflict situation, the subject of land resource management and planning was neglected. b. During this period adverse land use changes occurred in many places such as abandonment of human settlements, increase of state land encroachments, destruction of natural resources such as inappropriate use of tank beds, their catchments & reservations, lead to environment degradation. c. After re- setting the people, demand for the land was increased for infrastructure development & expansion of agriculture lands and human settlements. d. To fulfill above requirements information on present use of land both mapped and data are needed to take better decision making. e. Therefore, it is assumed that a comprehensive land use plan will assist to meet above requirement while fulfilling the recommendation of LLRC Report as follows.
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“The Recommendation in the LLRC Report (Section 9.151)
Develop land use plans for each District in the North and East with the participation of District and National experts drawn and East from various relevant disciplines to guide the District administration an land conservation and alienation in order to ensure protection of environment and Bio – diversity, sustainable Economic development, Leisure and Recreational standards, Religious, Cultural and Archaeological sites with a view to improving the quality of life of the present and future generations."
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PART II - LAND USE PLAN
This section gives the methodology adopted in preparing the land use plan, present land use of the district, major land use issues & recommendations to address these issues. This report also presents the proposed land use plan for the District and suggested implementation strategy.
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3. METHODOLOGY USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE LAND USE PLAN
3.1 Introduction
The planning process was carried out in two stages i.e. (1) updating of existing land use maps and identification of land use issues (2) formulation of recommendations to address these issues. The issues provide the basis for the preparation of the land use plan.
3.2 Updating existing land use maps
Since the existing land use maps for the district were outdated they did not provide the basis to identify the current land use issues in the district. The updating process was commenced in 2013 and completed in 2015. Identification of land use issues was done simultaneously. Digital layers of 1:10,000 scale maps were used as base maps that were provided by the Survey Department. Since the existing land use legend was inadequate for the preparation of updated land use map, a new land use legend was prepared for the updating. The classification of the present land use is given in the table 13.
There are 102 map sheets (1:10,000 scale) available to cover the entire District (Annex-05). The land use maps were initially updated using recent satellite images. These maps were subjected to field verification.
3.3 Identification of land use issues
Field investigations revealed that there were several land use issues pertaining to major land uses that were identified and mapped by LUPPD staff. The issues were identified on the field by visual observations and by consulting land users and officials attached to field level. In order to facilitate the planning process already protected areas, forest and wildlife reserves and corridors, archaeological/ historical reserves, wetlands and sand dunes and associated issues if any were identified and mapped with the help of the information provided by the agencies that are responsible for the management of the particular protected area.
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The major land use issues that were identified; a) Presence of “new areas that need to be protected” These areas are not protected at present but there is a need to be protected them in order to conserve the bio-diversity, environment and ensure the sustainable existence of the religious, cultural and archeological sites. These areas were identified mainly by consulting the people and field level officers in the area. b) Presence of low productivity agricultural lands Low productivity agricultural lands include both highland crops and paddy. Underutilized lands that devoted for plantation crops and field crops were determined using 4 criteria i.e. (1) crop land where the proportion of land used is 70% or less, (2) croplands where the intercropping was not practiced, (3) croplands where the animal husbandry was not practiced and (4) croplands where the yield is below the average yield prescribed by the institutions concerned. In addition to some of the agricultural lands were identified that could be withdrawn from agriculture based on their unsuitability due to severe physical limitations and located adjoining to built–up areas and service centers that are landlocked by the agricultural lands and cannot be expanded or developed. Low productivity paddy lands were identified using two criteria. (1) Lands where the yield per hectare is below the average of the district, (2) Lands that are cultivated only for one season. c) Presence of low productivity home gardens The low productivity home gardens were identified using three criteria. (1) Home gardens where the proportion of land being used was 50% or less, (2) Home garden where the production is low and mainly for home consumption, (3) Home gardens where animal husbandry can be practiced d) Abandoned settlements Abandoned settlements were identified and the reasons for the abandonment also investigated with the help of the people and the field level officers.
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e) Presence of abandoned agricultural areas. These lands were classified according to the previous use and the reasons for abandonment also found. f) Presence of unused areas These lands are state lands managed by different institutions like LRC, FD and other government institutions. However, releasing of these lands for the future development activities when it is necessary totally depend on the decision taken by the respective managing agency.
3.4 Formulation and validation of recommendations to address the issues
The issues were discussed with the divisional level stakeholders, District Level Expert Group (DEG) and the National Level Expert Group (NEG) Accordingly, in addition to the two National Expert Group meetings, two District Expert Group meetings and 11 D.S. Division Level Stakeholder Meetings were held. (The composition of these expert groups are given in the annex-06 a, b, c and d. The recommendations to address these issues were initially formulated by the LUPPD staff. They were finalized after discussions with the above groups.
3.5 Preparation of the land use plan
The land use plan was prepared by the LUPPD staff taking into consideration the views and comments made by the divisional level stakeholders, DEG and NEG. The land use plan comprises following main categories;
(a) Presently protected area (b) Additional areas recommended for protection (c) Lands including home gardens, paddy, other agricultural lands that could be improved (d) Currently abandoned settlements, abandoned paddy and abandoned other agricultural lands that could be used for resettlements and for re-cultivation. (e) Currently unused areas which may be utilized for future development activities (f) Areas where present land use can be continued.
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3. LAND USE OF THE DISTRICT.
4.1 Introduction.
Land use survey was conducted throughout the district in order to collect most needed graphical and non- graphical information. Under the graphical information component, Land Use Survey was attributed to fulfill two major type of information. The first main category was Land Use and Land Cover Data collection while the latter case was to demarcate areas where the land use issues were reported. In order to maintain the compatibility of data needed, land use and cover data were divided in to 07 major categories (as Level 01) and sub-divided in to 18 categories (as Level 02).
102 map sheets are available for the Trincomalee District. These maps were initially observed through the Satellite Images by the field staff of this department. The major Land Use Categories considered in this task is given below.
I. Non Agricultural Land s and Urban Lands ii. Home Garden iii. Agricultural Lands iv. Forest land v. Wet Land vi. Water Bodies vii. Other lands
4.2 Land Use
As described early, Land use situation in the Trincomalee District is brief under Table 13 of this Report. Accordingly, the major land cover type of the district is natural forest and it covers 112,748 ha of land. The second highest category is seasonal crops and it covers 69,673 ha of lands. Paddy lands stands for 3rd highest extent by reaching to 35,468 hectares of lands. Figure 11 represents the spatial distribution of these land use and cover types in the District.
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Table 13. LAND USE – TRINCOMALEE DISTRICT – 2015
LAND USE EXTENT PRESENTAGE (%) HOME GARDEN 15,846.99 5.81 AGRICULTURAL LAND Paddy 31,713.00 11.63 Seasonal Crops 65,480.00 24.01 Permanent Crops 914.09 0.33 NON AGRICULTURAL AND Settlements 2073.65 0.76 URBAN LANDS Urban Centers 184 0.06 Other Service Centers 28.9 0.01 Industrial Areas 65 0.02 Recreational Areas 23.3 0.08 Other Urban Lands 1162 0.42 FOREST LAND Natural Forest 107060.15 39.26 Forest Plantation 69.58 0.02 Scrub Land 24651.98 9.03 Grass Land 369 0.13 WET LANDS Marsh 3352.97 1.22 Mangroves 497 0.18 Vacant Land 1661 0.6 OTHER LANDS Unproductive Land 1251 0.46 Sandy Areas/ Sand 0.27 740 Dunes/ Beaches/ Salt Rock Out Crops 495.39 0.18 WATER BODIES 15061 5.52 Total 272,700 100 Source: LUPPD Land Use Survey under LLRC Project.
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4. PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN
5.1 Introduction
According to the methodology adapted in this study, the land use issues identified and addressed can be divided in to 05 main categories. For the explanatory and analytical purposes above main categories were sub divided in to 15 sub sections or categories. In developing the proposed Land Use Changes or recommendations, basis of this classification was used. Accordingly proposed land use plan is consisted with following categories.
1. Presence of Presently Protected Areas. 2. Additional Areas Recommended for Protection/Conservation 3. Proposed areas for future Development. - Suitability for housing. - Suitability for Industries. - Suitability for Tourism. 4. Proposed area for re-cultivation of paddy. 5. Proposed Area for Re-cultivation of sugarcane. 6. Proposed area for re-settlements. 7. Areas where Land Use Improments are needed. - Home gardens. - Paddy lands. - Field crops. - Plantation crops. 8. Areas of present land Use Can Continue
The special distribution of above recommended uses are given in the Figure - 12 in this report. Proposed Land Use Plan is presented according to the above classification and compiled information and extent, reported under each category is given under Table 14.
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Figure 12
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5.2 MAJOR LAND USE ISSUES
Major land use issues identified in the Trincomalee District is given in the table below. The highest extent is reported from presently protected areas. The second highest category is underutilized lands which are consisted with Homegardens, Paddy lands, Plantation and Field crops. Their location wise distribution, nature of issues, reasons and responsible agencies in resolving issues and other particulars are widely discussed in the next section of the report. Therefore here in this section basic information about major issues are presented.
Table 14 Major land Use Issues in Trincomalee District
Issue Category Sub Categories Main Issue or Extent (ha) No. Issues 01. Presently Protected Areas Forest Reserves Encroachments Wildlife Reserve Garbage Grasslands Dumping Wetlands illegal Tree Archaeological Felling Clay 131460.71 Reserves & Gravel mining
02. Proposed Area for Forest Protection Wildlife Wetland Sand Dunes -do- 2109.63 Archaeological Sites 03. Areas where productivity Homegardens Underutilization should be improved Paddy Field crops 47959.06 Plantation Crops 04. Currently abandoned areas Settlements Abandonment that could be utilized Paddy Lands Other 6980.42 agricultural lands 05. Areas potentially available Un-used Lands Un-use nature 3232.08 for future development Source: Field Survey Data LUPPD -2015
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5.3 Recommendations for Land Use Issues
5.3.1 Protected areas
Protected area of the District is coming under two major types. The first category is considered as presently protected area. The second category is considered as proposed area for the protection. For the explanatory purposes above two aspects discussed separately.
5.3.1.1 Land Use issues related to presently protected Areas.
Presently Protected Areas of the Trincomalee district can be divided in to five sub categories and they are given below.
a) Forest Reserves b) Grasslands c) Wetlands/ Mangroves d) Wildlife Reserves/ Corridors e) Archaeological Reserves
If a certain area of above category is declared as a reserve or protected area according to the existing laws & legislations, it will be considered as presently protected areas. However, there are land use issues even in already protected areas as well (Figure-15).
The situation of above categories in the district is given in the table 14 below. The total extent of presently protected area in the district is about 131460.71 ha. This extent is consisted with 110,309 ha of forest lands, 18,593 wildlife areas, grassland and wetlands 1,524 ha and 1,032 ha respectively.
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Table 15 – presently Protected Area in Trincomalee District
Type Name DS Divisions Extent (Ha) Kanthale Reserve Kanthale 11904 Chunnakkadu Reserve Mahaweli River North Reserve Seruwila 4800 Naval Head Works Sanctuary Thabalagamuwa 16750 Verugal Reserve Verugal 296.57 Naulambantheevu Chunnakkadu Reserve Muthur 576.27 Kaddaiparichchankadu Chunnakkadu Reserve Kinniya 107.37 Sinibilla Kanda Reserve Padavisripura 2830.14 Adiyagala Reserve Morawewa 20710
Forest Reserves Forest Kanthale Reserve Town & Gravest 3589 Pannaparichchan Reserve Kuchchaveli 29098.48 Paburugassinna Reserve Paburugassinna Reserve Adiyagalahinna Proposed Reserve Gomarankadawala 19648 Stage – 1 Stage – 2 Peniketiyawa, Nochchikulam, Namalwaththa, Morawewa South, Morawewa North, Mahadivulawewa,
Kituluthtuwa, Awvinagar Morawewa 423
Land Grass Grass
Upparu Kinniya 1028.44 Nalloor Muthur 4.5 Varothayanagar, Sampaltheevu Town & Gravest 133 Salapeyar
Wet Lands Lands Wet Peraru Kuchchaveli 968.88 (Mangroves) Saviyaru Naval Head Works Sanctuary Thabalagamuwa 16750 Sober Island Town & Gravest 200.5 Sober Island Large (L)
Naval Head Works Sanctuary
Kokkilai Lagoon Kuchchaveli 69.86 Pigeon Island Somawathi National Park Seruwila 13684 Corridors Seruwila Sanctuary Triconamady Sanctuary
Wildlife Reserves and and Reserves Wildlife Allai Sanctuary Verugal 2301.64 Somawathi National Par Stage – 2 Kanthale 2340 26 Location Kuchchaveli Town & 26 Places Gravest Seruwila, Verugala,
Gomarankadawala
Sites Archaeological Archaeological Source: Field Survey Data LUPPD -2015
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(a) Forest Reserves
There are about 110,309 ha. of forest lands reported in the Trincomalee District, and are designated as already protected. However, despite their legal status, several issues have been reported during the study. Some forest lands have been cultivated with seasonal crops, and several places have been encroached by farmers for paddy cultivation. In addition to above two issues, there are people using these lands for extensive grazing, for cattle rearing. It is also reported that, even in gazetted forest areas, the land marks/ boundary demarcation was not properly done. Therefore, separation of forest area from settlement, paddy fields or other uses is extremely difficult. This obviously leads to unauthorized encroachment & illegal timber felling etc. This issues were reported from all (eleven) divisional secretary divisions in the Trincomalee District. It is also noted that in some reserves many issues are appearing at the same Locations and therefore, the situation seems to be more complex. The summary of the presently protected areas in the Trincomalee District is given below.
Table 16 (a). Details of the presently protected/ conserved forest lands in Trincomalee District.
Current Extent Issues Relevant Type Name D.S.Divivsions Recommendations (Ha) within Agencies the Area Kanthale Kanthale 11904 Agro well, Demarcate the D.S.Office, Reserve Chena, boundary Provincial Paddy, Land Field crops, Commissioner, Cultivation, Forest Chunnakkadu Boundary Department, Reserve Not Agrarian Cleared Development Department, Agriculture Department, Survey Department Mahaweli Seruwila 4800 Chena, Can be release if D.S.Office,
Forest Reserves Forest River North Paddy, settlers posses Provincial Reserve Field deeds. Land Crops, Commissioner, Cultivation, Forest Soil Naval Head Thabalagamuwa 16750 Chena/ Cannot release, Works Paddy, Sanctuary Cultivation, Livestock (Goats) Source: Field Survey Data LUPPD -2015
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Table 16(b). Details of the presently protected/ conserved forest lands in Trincomalee District.
Current Recommendations Extent Issues Relevant Type Name D.S.Divivsions from Divisional (Ha) within the Agencies Level stake Holder Area Verugal Reserve Verugal 296.57 Chena/ Can be Release if D.S.Office, Paddy/ settlers possess Provincial Field Crops, deeds. Land Cultivation Commissioner, Forest Department, Agrarian Development Department, Agriculture Department, Survey Department Naulambantheevu Muthur 576.27 Encroached Can be release if - & settlers have Livestock, deed or Permit Chunnakkadu Reserve Farming, Paddy Cultivation Kaddaiparichchankadu
Chunnakkadu, Kinniya 107.37 Boundary Demarcate Forest Reserve Not Boundaries Department Cleared Sinbilla Kanda, Padavisripura 2830.14 Some areas Can be release if D.S.Office, Reserve Boundary settlers have deed or Provincial
Not permit Land Forest Reserves Forest Cleared, Commissioner, Chena/ Forest Paddy/ Department, Field Crops, Agrarian Cultivation Development Department, Agriculture Department, Survey Department Adiyagala, Reserve Morawewa 20710 Paddy/ Can be release if D.S.Office, Field Crops, settlers have deed or Provincial Cultivation permit Land Commissioner, Forest Department, Agrarian Development Department, Agriculture Department, Survey Department Source: Field Survey Data LUPPD -201
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Table 16 (c). Details of the presently protected/ conserved forest lands in Trincomalee District.
Current Recommendations Extent Issues Relevant Type Name D.S.Divivsions from Divisional (Ha) within Agencies Level Stake Holder the Area Kanthale Paddy/ Can be release if D.S.Office, Reserve Field settlers have deed or Provincial Town & Gravest 3589 Crops, Land Cultivation Commissioner, Forest Pannaparichchan Paddy/ Can be release if D.S.Office, Field settlers have a deed Provincial Reserve Crops, or Permit, some Land Cultivation areas cannot release Commissioner, Paburugassinna due to gazzeted Forest forest reservation Department, Reserve Kuchchaveli 29098.5 Agrarian Development Department, Agriculture Department, Survey Department
Forest Reserves Forest Paburugassinna Gomarankadawala 19648 Paddy/ Can be release if D.S.Office, Reserve Field settlers have deed or Provincial Adiyagalahinna Crops, Permit, Some areas Land Cultivation proposed to Commissioner, Proposed conserve strictly Forest Reserve Department, Stage – 1 Agrarian Stage – 2 Development Department, Agriculture Department, Survey Department
Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD(2015)
(b) Grass Land
Presently protected grasslands in Trincomalee District amounted to 423 ha. In the Morawewa Divisional Secretary Division. This area was reported in eight (8) G.N.Divisions such as Peniketiyawa, Nochchikulam, Namalwaththa, Morawewa South, Morawewa North, Mahadivul wewa, Kithuluththuwa and Awvinagar
As this area is coming under the preview of forest department, if need to develop or use as posture land it is necessary to gazette this extent under the pasture land act. However, there are no significant land use issues in the grass land areas in the district.
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Table 17. Details of the presently protected/ conserved grasslands in Trincomalee District.
Current Extent Issues Type Name D.S.Divivsions Recommendations Relevant Agencies (Ha) within the Area Peniketiyawa, Can be release for D.S.Office, Forest Nochchikulam, pasture Department, Livestock Namalwaththa, Department Morawewa South, Morawewa 423 Morawewa
Grass Land Grass North, Mahadivulawewa, Kituluthtuwa, Awvinagar Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD(2015)
(c) Wetlands
The total extent of wetlands reported in the Trincomalee District is about 2134 ha. Highest extent (1028 ha.) was reported in Kinniya D.S. Division and second highest extent (968 ha.) was reported from Kuchchaveli D.S. Division. Among the issues affected on sustainability of these wetlands, encroachments and dumping of garbage are prominent. However, it is necessary to declare above land as wetlands under the existing laws and regulations. (Table – 18)
Table 18
Details of the presently protected/ conserved wetlands in Trincomalee District.
Current Extent Type Name D.S.Divivsions Issues within Recommendations Relevant Agencies (Ha) the Area Encroachments Promote Awareness D.S.Office, Provincial Land
in some areas Program, Commissioner, Forest
Upparu Kinniya 1028.44 Demarcating wet Department, Agrarian land Development Department, Encroachments Reserved for Agriculture Department, Nalloor Muthur 4.5 in some areas Wetland Survey Department Dumping D.S.Office, Provincial Land Varothayanagar, Town & 133 garbage in To conserve strictly Commissioner, Forest Sampaltheevu Gravest Some areas Department, Agrarian
Salapeyar Development Department,
Wet Lands (Mangroves) (Mangroves) Lands Wet Wet Lands (Mangroves) Lands Wet Peraru Kuchchaveli 968.88 To Conserve strictly Agriculture Department, Survey Department Saviyaru Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
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(d) Wildlife Reserves
Total extent of Wildlife reserve in the district is about 33,000 ha. and reported from 06 D.S. Divisions. The largest extents was reported from Thambalagamuwa (16,750 ha.) and Seruwila (13684 ha.)
Although these areas are reported under existing protected area category, Chena cultivation, paddy farming, field crop cultivation, and use of some areas for the settlements are prominent. The table 19 provides the distribution pattern of the wildlife reserves and corridors according to the D.S. Divisions.
Table. 19 Details of the Presently Protected/Conserved Wildlife reserves in the Trincomalee District.
Current Extent Issues Type Name D.S. Division Recommendations Relevant Agencies (Ha) within the Area
Can be release if Naval Head Abandoned encroacher have a D.S.Office, Provincial Land Works Town & Gravest 198 Settlement deed or Permit, Commissioner, Forest Sanctuary Release other place Department, Agrarian Development Department, Agriculture Department, Survey
Department Kokilai Lagoon
Kuchchaveli 69.86 T conserve Strictly Pigeon island National Park Somawathi Paddy/ National Field Crops, Forward for District Seruwila Cultivation, Agrarian Development Seruwila 13684 Stake Holder Sanctuary Settlement, Department Meeting Trincomady Service Sanctuary Center Paddy/ Wildlife & Reserves and Corridors Reserves & and Wildlife Forward for District Field Crops, Agrarian Development Allai Sanctuary Verugal 2301.6 Stake Holder Cultivation, Department Meeting Settlement Somawathi National park Kanthale 2340 To conserve Strictly DWLC Stage – 2 Sober Island (G) Sober Island Town & Gravest 2.5 To conserve Strictly DWLC Large (L) Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
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(e) Archaeological Reserves
There are 25 archaeologically important locations in the District of Trincomalee. As these areas are already gazetted no significant issues reported. However, unclear boundary in one place and encroachment in the other location was reported.
The list of archaeologically important places and reported D.S. Divisions are giving in the table 20 (a) and (b) below.
Table 20 (a) list of presently protect / declared archaeologically important sites/ places in the Trincomalee District.
D.S. Extent Current Issues Type Name Recommendation Relevant Agencies Divisions (Ha) within the Area Mashana Wewa To conserve Strictly D.S.Office, Provincial Kuchchavel Already Gazetted but Land Commissioner, Girihadu Seya NA i some Areas should be UDA, Archeological Pichchamalaviharaya survey Department Welgamvehera Koneswaram Kovil
Villundy (Old Bank) Arunagiry (Near the Nelson Theater) To conserve Strictly D.S.Office, Provincial Dutch Naval Commissioner Already Gazetted but Town & Land Commissioner, Building NA some Areas should be Gravest UDA, Archeological Petric Fort (Koneswaram Kovil) survey Department Petric Fort (Near the Archeological, Office) Petric Fort (Near the Assistant 26 Places Commissioner of Election Office Building) Hotwelkanniya
Archeological Site/ Historical Reserves Historical Site/ Archeological Boundary Not D.S.Office, Provincial Wilgamveherapuranavviharaya Already Surveying and Cleared Land Commissioner, Seruwavila Demarcating Encroachments in UDA, Archeological SeruwavilaRajamahaviharaya boundaries some areas Department PashanaPabbatha Viharaya D.S.Office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Verugal NA To conserve Strictly Lankapatuna Puranaviharaya UDA, Archeological Department Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
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Table 20 (b) list of presently protect / declared archaeologically important sites/ places in the Trincomalee District.
Current Extent Issues Type Name D.S.Divivsions Recommendations Relevant Agencies (Ha) within the Area Rangiriulpatha Viharaya/ Hot
Well Madagama Ruins Reedilenviharaya Mailawewa Ruins Muthiyangana Boundary D.S.Office, Provincial Land Places Raja Gomarankadawala Not To Conserve Strictly Commissioner, UDA, 26 Mahaviharaya Marked Archeological Department Pahalagama Ruins Galkadawala Ruins
Archeological Site/ Historical Reserves Historical Site/ Archeological Puliyandikulama Ruins Kivulakadawala Ruins Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
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5.3.2. Additional Areas Recommended for Protection & Conservation
5.3.2.1 Introduction
During this study process several types of environmentally important areas were identified. In the Trincomalee District, there are five types new areas identified for protection. Details and extents of these lands are given below. Although, these areas are located outside the existing protected area network, these areas also suggested conserving or protecting due to their importance/sensitivity.
In this identification, large tract of forest Lands, suitable areas for wildlife reserves & wildlife corroders, Wetlands, Coastal areas and Coastal Sand Dunes, Archaeologically important places and sites were recommended for protection or conservation. The details of such areas are given in the next section.
Accordingly, in the Trincomalee District, there are five types new areas identified for protection. Their details and extents are given below.
Table 21- summary of Additional Areas for Recommended for protection or Conservation in Trincomalee District.
Type Extent (ha) Forested Areas 1258.22 Wildlife Areas 6.0 Wetlands 410.0 Coastal Areas & Sand Dunes 18.5 Archaeologically Important Places & Sites 31.0 Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
There are some issues identified in the above areas, for instance; Illegal gravel extraction, Chena cultivation, illicit tree felling, filling of wetlands, boundary conflicts are reported in these locations. In order to avoid such issues deceleration of these Lands under existing laws & legislations are very necessary. Accordingly following recommendations are drawn, in relation to the nature of the issues. (The locations of these lands are given in the Figure 14 in this report.)
5.3.2.2 Recommendation for Forested Areas
Extent of forest area reported in Trincomalee district is about 1258.22 ha. This extent was reported from two Divisional Secretary areas and in six Grama Niladhari Divisions. Due to their environmentally sensitive nature, these areas are recommended for protection. However, these areas have to be surveyed prior to declaration. Details of proposed forested areas are given in the table below.
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Table 22- Summary of the forested areas recommended for conservation or protection
Place Names & Current Issues D.S. Division Extent (ha) GN Division (if any) Sempi moddal (Ailiyady GN)
Sundikulam (Ailiyady GN) Sundiyar Kinniya 1255.19 Gravel Mining (Majeed Nagar) Kallarappu (Ailiyady GN) Valamadu (Ailiyady GN) Paththiripura Thambalagamuwa 3.03 Gravel Mining Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
5.3.2.3 Wildlife Areas Recommended for Protection
In the D.S. Division of Morawewa, There are about 06 ha of land indentified and recommended for wildlife conservation. According to the field information, this area is suitable to declare as a bird sanctuary. (See Table 23 (a))
5.3.2.4 Wetland areas Recommended for protection and Conservation
In the areas of Thambalagamuwa Bay and Peniketiyawa area, there are about 410 ha of wetlands identified and recommended for protection. In order to minimize present problem of encroachments, and illegal land filling, the boundaries of such lands has to be surveyed and demarcated. In Thambalagamuwa D.S. Division 398 ha and in Morawewa D.S. Division 12 ha of such lands identified see Table 23 (b).
5.3.2.5 Coastal Areas and Sand Dunes Recommended for Protection/ Conservation
Coastal belt of the Trincomalee District is falling within the 05 Divisional Secretary Divisions. They are Kinniya, Verugal, Muthur, Town & Grovets and Kuchchaveli. Among these areas, Kinniya Coastal Belt, Verugal Coastal Belt, and all other coastal belts of the district are environmentally sensitive. The beaches, Sand dunes, Lagoons, Bays and many Coastal land forms in the coastal belt are attractive to the people and also environmentally sensitive.
However, there are Illegal encroachments dominating in certain places and on the other hand several other areas have been naturally eroded due to sea waves. Therefore, some kind of controlling mechanisms are needed to arrest above processes to protect the coastal belt against degradation. Use of Coastal belt as per the Coast Conservation Department Guidelines and other acts such as National Environment Act and Mines & Minerals Bureau Act is very necessary, see Table 23 (c).
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5.3.2.6 Archaeologically / Historically Importance areas recommended for protection/ Conservation
Apart from the areas suggested for protection and conservation, there are other types of sites, places and locations with historical monuments, to be declared under the National Archaeological Act. The total land extent reported under this category was 31 ha. Therefore, it is suggested to assess these lands by the above department and to take necessary actions for conservation or protection see Table 23 (d).
Locations of all type of proposed areas, their locations and place names are given in the Figure 14 in this report.
Table 23(a) Details of Additional areas recommended for protection/conservation
Current Extent Issues Relevant Type Name D.S.Divivsions Recommendations (Ha) within the Agencies Area 392.71 This areas should be Sempimoddai surveyed to identify (Ailiyady GND) ownership of state Land D.S. Office, Sundikulam Provincial Land (Ailiyady GND) Commissioner, Sundiyaru (Majeed To be declared as Forest
Nagar) 862.48 Environmental Department Kallarappu (Ailiyady Sensitive area GND) Valamadu (Ailiyady Kinniya GND)
D.S. Office, Forest Reserves Forest Provincial Land Commissioner, To be declared as Forest Gravel PaththiniPura 3.03 Environmental Department, Mining Sensitive area Central Environment Authority, Survey Department D.S. Office, Provincial Land
Commissioner, Forest To be declared as Pankulama wewa Morawewa 6 Department, birds Sanctuary
Central Corridors Environment Authority, Survey Wildlife, Reserves and Reserves Wildlife, Department D.S. Office, Provincial Land
Commissioner, Forest Thabalagamuwa Filling and To be declared as Thabalagamuwa 398 Department, bay encroaching birds Sanctuary Central Wet Lands Wet Environment Authority, Survey Department Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
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Table 23(b) Details of Additional areas recommended for protection/conservation
Current Extent Type Name D.S.Divivsions Issues within Recommendations Relevant Agencies (Ha) the Area 12 D.S. Office,
Provincial Land Commissioner, To be declared as Peniketiyawa Morawewa Forest Department, birds Sanctuary Central Environment Wet Lands Lands Wet Authority, Survey Department D.S. Office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Coastal Conservation Remove Kinniya Encroachments Department, D.S. Verugal 18.5Km Encroachments, Coastal Areas in some areas Office, Provincial Reserve Coastal Zone Land Commissioner, Forest Department, Central Environment Authority, Survey Department D.S. Office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Coastal Remove Conservation
Verugal Encroachments Encroachments, Department, D.S. Verugal Coastal Areas in some areas Reserve Coastal, Office, Provincial Zone Land Commissioner, Forest Department, Central Environment Authority, Survey Department D.S. Office, Provincial Land Commissioner,
Coastal Area and Dunes Sand Area Coastal Remove Coastal Muthur Encroachments Encroachments, Muthur Conservation Coastal Areas in some areas Reserve Coastal, Department, D.S. Zone Office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Forest Department, D.S. Office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Coastal Remove Conservation Town & Encroachments Encroachments, Department, D.S. Gravest, Town & Gravest in some areas, Reserve Coastal, Office, Provincial Coastal Areas Coastal Erosion Zone Land Commissioner, Forest Department, Central Environment Authority, Survey Department Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
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Table 23(c) Details of Additional areas recommended for protection/conservation
Current Extent Relevant Type Name D.S.Divivsions Issues within Recommendations (Ha) Agencies the Area D.S. Office, Provincial Land
Commissioner,
Coastal Conservation Department, Remove D.S. Office, Kuchchaveli, Coastal Encroachments Encroachments, Provincial Land Kuchchaveli Areas/ Sand Dunes in some areas Reserve Coastal, Commissioner, Zone Forest Department, Central
Coastal Area and Dunes Sand Area Coastal Environment Authority, Survey Department Ulpathwewapurana Rajamahaviharaya Galpokuna Rajamahaviharaya 5 D.S. Office, Sri Agbo Provincial Land Rajamahaviharaya Boundary Not Declare Under Commissioner, Thabalagamuwa ESD Rock Cleared Archaeology Act UDA, Adeekumana 5 Archaeological Department Nayagara Kovil 12
Senawalli Ruins 1.25 97 Temple Ruins 0.25 Samanalapalamapurana Rajamahaviharaya PanselgodellaPurana Rajamahaviharaya D.S. Office, Agbo Rajamahaviharaya Provincial Land Boundary Not Declare Under Commissioner, Welunna Kanthale Rajamahaviharaya Cleared Archaeology Act UDA, Sri Ganganapabbatha Archaeological Purana Department Rajamahaviharaya
Archeological Site/ Historical Reserves Reserves Historical Site/ Archeological Viharagala Purana Viharaya D.S. Office, Kanguveli Boundary Not Declare Under Provincial Land Muthur 3 Akathijathapanam Kovil Cleared Archaeology Act Commissioner, UDA, D.S. Office, Provincial Land Archaeological site Boundary Not Declare Under Commissioner, Town & Gravest (Vilankulam village) Cleared Archaeology Act UDA, Archaeological Department Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
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Table 23(d) Details of Additional areas Recommended for Protection/Conservation
Current Extent Relevant Type Name D.S.Divivsions Issues within Recommendations (Ha) Agencies the Area Arisimala Viharaya, D.S. Office, Samudragiri Purana Provincial Land Rajamahaviharaya, Boundary Not Declare Under Commissioner, Chaithyagiri Viharaya, Kuchchaveli Cleared Archaeology Act UDA, Masangaweva Archeological Rajamahaviharaya, Department Sembimalei Viharaya Kambakotte Viharaya Ruins Sri Gajaba Gallen Viharaya Sri Raja Viharaya D.S. Office, Sri pabbatharama Provincial Land Boundary Not Declare Under Commissioner, Purana Viharaya Morawewa 4.5 Sri ishipathanaramaya Cleared Archaeology Act UDA, Viharaya Archeological Divurumgala Purana Department Viharaya Mailakudawewa Purana Viharaya Kithuluthuwa Ruins Singapura Purana Viharaya Sewa Janapadaya Ruins D.S. Office, Kawanthissapura Ruins Provincial Land Lassanagama Boundary Not Declare Under Commissioner, Padavisripura Divulapitiya Purana Cleared Archaeology Act UDA, Viharaya Archeological
Archeological Site/ Historical Reserves Historical Site/ Archeological Parana Department Medawachchiya Ruins Ranmaduwa Purana Viharaya Kalyan Pura Ruins D.S. Office, Mailawewa, Provincial Land Thalagaswewa Ruins Komarankadaw Boundary Not Declare Under Commissioner, Adiyagala, Mailawewa ala Cleared Archaeology Act UDA, Ruins Archeological Paburugaswewa Department Mahasorova wewa Ariyammankerny Sivan Kovil Ruins D.S. Office, Provincial Land Boundary Not Declare Under Commissioner, Seruwila Srimangalapura Ruins Cleared Archaeology Act UDA, Acre 50 Archeological Department Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2015)
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5.3.3 Underutilized Homegardens
5.3.3.1 Introduction
During the study, it was found that large extent of homegardens is below the acceptable productivity Level. It was reflected in low plant density, low yield and inappropriate conservation measures adopted and poor maintenance of Land.
Therefore, it was suggested to consider this category of Land to improve their productivity through the appropriate measures.
All divisions in the Trincomalee District reports 11, 768 ha of underutilized Lands under the homegarden sector.
Their distribution is given in the table 24 below.
Table 24 Extents of Underutilized Homegardens Reported in Trincomalee District.
D.S. Division Land Extent of Underutilized Homegardens (ha.) Verugal 802.25 Padavi Sripura 573.03 Muttur 610.09 Kuchchaveli 1541.61 Kinniya 264.08 Thambalagamuwa 1157.00 Kantale 2350.00 Morawewa 706.00 Gomarankadawala 784.00 Seruwila 1048.00 Town & Gravests 1932.82 TOTAL 11768.82
5.3.3.2 Reasons of Underutilization
Main reason for the underutilization of home gardens in the district is water shortage. This is because of the low rainfall and un- availability of ground water sources for home gardens. The second highest important reason is wild life threat.
Therefore, even under the good irrigation facilities are provided, there will be a somewhat complex issues adhere to the farming systems in the area.
The locations of underutilized home gardens are given in the figure 15.
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Table 25 (a) Recommended Improvements for Underutilized Homegardens
Reasons for Extent Type DS Division underutilizatio Relevant Agencies Recommendations (Ha) n DS. Office (Planning), Samurdhi Development Department, Agriculture Unavailability of Department, Coconut Verugal 802.25 Water Cultivation Board, Livestock Devpt. Department Irrigation Department DS. Office (Planning), Samurdhi Development Department, Agriculture Padavisripur Unavailability of 573.03 Dept, Coconut a Water Cultivation Board, Livestock Department Make Facilities for Agro wells Irrigation Department when necessary, Introduce DS. Office (Planning), water conservation methods, Samurdhi Development Introduce low water Department, Agriculture consumption cop varieties, Unavailability of Muthur 610.09 Dept, Coconut Popularize rain water harvesting Water Cultivation Board, methods Livestock Department Irrigation Department
DS. Office (Planning), Samurdhi Development Department, Agriculture Unavailability of Kuchchaveli 1541.61 Development Water Department, Coconut HomeGarden Cultivation Board, Livestock Department DS. Office (Planning), Samurdhi Development Department, Agriculture Unavailability of Kinniya 264.8 Development Water Department, Coconut Cultivation Board, Livestock Department DS. Office (Planning), Samurdhi Development Department, Agrarian Development Make Facilities for Agro wells Department, Coconut when necessary, Introduce Cultivation Board, water, conservation methods, Inadequate Thambalaga Livestock Department, Introduce low water 1157 water, Damage muwa Wildlife Conservation consumption cop varieties, from wild animal Department Popularize rain water harvesting methods
Introduce Electric Fences, Animal resistant Plant boundaries Source; Filed Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table 25 (b) Recommended Improvements for Underutilized Homegardens
Extent Reasons for Relevant Type DS Division Recommendations (Ha) underutilization Agencies DS. Office (Planning), Samurdhi Development Make Facilities for Agro wells Department, when necessary, Introduce Water Shortage, Agriculture water, conservation methods, Kanthale 2350 and Damage from Department, Introduce low water Wild Animals Coconut consumption cop varieties, Cultivation Board, Popularize rain water Livestock harvesting methods Department Irrigation Department DS. Office (Planning), Samurdhi Make Facilities for Agro wells Development when necessary, Introduce Department, water, conservation methods, Agriculture Introduce low water Morawewa 706 Inadequate water Department, consumption cop varieties, Coconut Popularize rain water Cultivation Board, harvesting methods
HomeGarden Livestock Department Irrigation Dept. DS. Office Make Facilities for Agro wells (Planning), when necessary, Introduce Samurdhi water, conservation methods, Development Introduce low water Department, consumption cop varieties, Agriculture Popularize rain water Development harvesting methods Water Shortage, Department, Gomarankadawala 784 and Damage from Coconut Electric Fencing in suitable Wild Animals Cultivation Board, places Livestock Department, Apply Suitable wild animal Irrigation Dept. resistance Crop varieties Department of Wildlife Conservation Source; Filed Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table 25 (c) Recommended Improvements for Underutilized Homegardens
Type DS Division Recommendations
DS. Office (Planning), Samurdhi Development Department, Agriculture Make Facilities for Agro wells Water Shortage, Development when necessary, Introduce Seruwila 1048 Wildlife Threats Department, Coconut water, conservation methods, Cultivation Board, Introduce low water
Livestock Department, consumption crop varieties, Department of Wildlife Popularize rain water
Conservation harvesting methods
DS. Office (Planning), Samurdhi Development HomeGarden Department, Agriculture Make Facilities for Agro wells Development when necessary, Introduce Water Shortage, Department, Coconut water, conservation methods, Town & Gravet 1932.04 Wildlife Threats Cultivation Board, Introduce low water Livestock Department, consumption crop varieties, Department of Wildlife Popularize rain water Conservation harvesting methods
Source; Filed Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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5.3.4 Underutilized Agricultural Lands
There are two types of underutilized agricultural lands found in the Trincomalee District. They are, underutilized paddy lands and underutilized other agricultural lands such as field crops and plantation crops. Total extent of underutilized paddy lands is amounted to 35,468.47 ha and field crops are about 407.63 ha and reported plantation crops are about 314.14 ha.
5.3.4.1. Underutilized paddy lands.
Regarding the paddy lands, it was observed that all D.S. Divisions have some extent of underutilized paddy lands which exceeds minimum of 1,400 ha (Figure 16). Due to variety of Agro-ecological and micro-climatic constraints on one hand and socio-economic factors on the other are attributed to this problem. Usually in the Dry Zone Districts water scarcity is common to many places unless the artificial irrigation is not provided. On the other hand, large scale Inter-provincial Irrigation Schemes could not cater for all lands expected to irrigate at the inadequacy of their capacities. Therefore, to resolve this issue some sort of innovative and effective solutions have to be investigated. However, solutions already proposed and recommended at Divisional Secretary Level stake holder meetings, are considered as an immediate solution to the problem are given in this report.
According to the survey conducted in the district, the extent, main reason for underutilization and recommended measures are given in the table 26(a) and 26(b) below.
Table 26 (a) Recommended Improvements for Underutilized Paddy Lands
Categ DS Extent Reasons for Responsible Agencies Recommendations ory Division (Ha) underutilization Agrarian Development Conduct Soil Surveys to diagnose Department, DS Office soil constrains if any. Comparatively Low (Planning), Agriculture Conduct Agronomic Studies and Kuchchaveli 6131.95 Yield Department, Paddy Profitability Analysis on paddy. Research Institute, Irrigation Department Agrarian Development Conduct Soil Surveys to diagnose Department, DS Office soil constrains if any. Comparatively Low (Planning), Agriculture Conduct Agronomic Studies and Kinniya 6455.84 Yield Department, Paddy Profitability Analysis on paddy.
Research Institute,
Irrigation Department
Agrarian Development Enrichment of tank’s water Paddy Department, DS Office capacity. Protect Tank Catchments Thambalaga (Planning), Agriculture to water recharge. 1793 Water Shortage muwa Department, Irrigation Promote low water consumption Department agronomic practices. Popularize Rainwater Harvesting Agrarian Development Restoration of abandoned tanks, Department, DS Office irrigation channel Clearing, Water Shortage, (Planning), Agriculture Establish Elephant Fence, Kanthale 3238 Animal Threats Department, wildlife Enrichment of tank’s water Department, Irrigation capacity, need to conserve tank’s Department catchment area
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Table 26 (b) Recommended Improvements for Underutilized Paddy Lands
Exten Reasons for Responsible Category DS Division Recommendations t (Ha) underutilization Agencies Agrarian Development Enrichment of tank’s water capacity. Department, DS Office Protect Tank Catchments to water (Planning), Agriculture recharge. Morawewa 2811 Water Shortage Department, Irrigation Promote low water consumption Department agronomic practices. Popularize Rainwater Harvesting Agrarian Development Department, DS Office Restoration of abandoned tanks, (Planning), Agriculture irrigation channel Clearing, Gomarankada Wildlife threats. 1582 Development Establish Elephant Fence, Enrichment wala Water shortage Department, wildlife of tank’s water capacity, need to Department, Irrigation conserve tank’s catchment area
Department
DS. Office (Planning), Paddy Samurdhi Development Wildlife Threats, Department, Agriculture Seruwila 1475 Water Storage Department, Coconut Cultivation Board, Restoration of abandoned tanks, Livestock Department irrigation channel Clearing, DS. Office (Planning), Establish Elephant Fence, Enrichment Samurdhi Development of tank’s water capacity, need to Department, Agriculture conserve tank’s catchment area Town & Wildlife Threats, Department, Coconut 1541.4 Gravets Water Shortage Cultivation Board, Livestock Department, Agrarian Development
Department Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015.
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5.3.4.2. Underutilized other Agricultural Lands
(1). Plantation Crops
In the Trincomalee District there are four D.S. Divisions reported with under – utilized plantation crops. Accordingly, Verugal D.S. Division 88.54 ha of land and 175.6 ha in Kuchchaveli D.S. Division and 9 ha and 41 ha in Thambalagamuwa & Town and Gravets have found respectively (Figure-17). The existing causes for their underutilization and possible solutions and recommended measures are given below.
Table 27 Recommended Improvements for Underutilized Plantation Crops
Category D.S. Division Extent Reasons for Responsible Agencies Recommendations (ha) Underutilization Thambalagamuwa 9 Irrigation Dept. Water Scarecity Investigate Ground water
Kuchchaveli 175.6 Agrarian Development Water Scarecity Investigate Ground water
Dept.
Town & Gravets 41 Agrarian Development Water Scarecity Investigate Ground water Dept. Verugal 88.54 Agrarian Development
Water Scarecity Investigate Ground water
Plantation Crops Plantation Underutilized Dept.
TOTAL 314.14 - - - Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
(ii). Underutilized Field Crops.
Total extent of underutilized field croplands confined to 407.63 hectares in the Trincomalee District. This extent of lands has been reported from 4 D.S. Divisions namely; Morawewa (15 ha), Kuchchaveli (9.16ha), Seruwila (34 ha.) and Verugal (349.47 ha.) respectively (Figure- 18). In general, cropping pattern and practices of field crops are very dynamic and un- certain due to environmental factors, therefore proposal development cannot be done precisely. However, to overcome prevailing issues, some sorts of solutions have been proposed to make use of this land economically viable. On that basis the recommended measure proposed are given below (Table -28)
Table 28 – Recommended Improvements for Underutilized Field Crops
Category D.S. Division Extent (ha) Reasons for Responsible Recommendations Underutilization Agencies
Morawewa 15 -Water Scarecity I.D. Introduce land water
-Drout Crops Kuchchaveli 9.16 -Water Scarecity ADD Consumers Crops
-Drout
Field
Seruwila 34 -Water Scarecity AD Improved -Drout -Water Scarecity Verugal 349.47 Water mgt. Systems -Drout
Underutilized TOTAL 407.63 - - - Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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5.3.5 Abandoned Agricultural Lands
5.3.5.1 Introduction
There are three types of agricultural lands have been reported under “abandoned agricultural lands”. They are Paddy, Coconut & Sugarcane.
The reasons for such abandonments are linked with Socio-economic, agronomic and bio- physical constrains such as; war conflicts, shortage of water, salinity, Problem soils, frequent floods, Wildlife threats and associated socio – economic issues. The details of above land use types are given below.
5.3.5.2. Abandoned Paddy Lands
Abandoned paddy lands have been reported in Thambalagamuwa, Kinniya, Muthur, Verugal, Morawewa, Gomarankadawala, Kuchchaveli and Padavi – Sri Pura.(Figure-19). The total extent reported under abandoned paddy is about 2208.8 ha and distributed among above divisions as follows.
Table 29 Distribution of abandoned paddy lands in Trincomalee District
D.S. Division Extent (ha) Reason for Abandonedment Thambalagamuwa 222 Civil conflicts Kinniya 445.73 Civil conflicts & lack of water Kinniya 27.83 Salinity and problem soils Muthur 652.66 Civil conflicts Verugal 5.30 Flood Morawewa 117.0 War conflicts/ Wildlife threats Gomarankadawala 197.0 Do/ Do Kuchchaveli Civil conflicts/ Wildlife threats 424.28 shortage of water/ Salinity Padavi – Sripura 169.94 War conflicts/ Wildlife threats TOTAL 2208.8 Source; Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
According to the field informations collected through the survey, some of the abandoned paddy lands are now located within the forest lands. Therefore, policy level decisions has to be taken to resolve above problem. In addition, involvement of several government departments such as wildlife conservation, Forest, Agrarian Development, Agricultural and other provincial level departments are very important to address the issue.
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Table 30 (a) Recommended Uses for Abandoned Agricultural Lands
Type DS Division Extent Reasons for Relevant Recommendations (ha) Abandonment agencies DS Office, Provincial Review existing deeds Land Commissioner, Re-establish correct legal Forest Department, boundaries Wildlife Department, Negotiate with local people and Agrarian resolve conflict Development Provide infrastructure facilities Department (Irrigation water, roads etc.) Thampalagamuwa 222 Civil Conflicts Re arrange extension services Rehabilitate abandoned infrastructure such as Tanks, Canals and others. Capacity Building and Development of Farmer Communities. Introduce/Facilitate with subsidies and incentives for farming. DS Office, Provincial The Land Should be Surveyed to Land Commissioner, verify the forest and agricultural Forest Department, land boundaries
Agrarian -Promote water Conservation and Development Civil Conflicts, & attend to Irrigation Problems. Kinniya 445.73 Department Lack of Water -Constructing proper Channel or Paddy Wildlife increasing Catchment Area of Tank. Conservation Reconstruction minor Tanks, Department, Repairing Tank, Sluice and Spill Irrigation
Department DS Office, Promote water Conservation Provincial Land and attend to Irrigation Commissioner, Problems. Forest -Constructing proper Channel Department, or increasing Catchment Area Agrarian of Tank. Civil Conflicts, & Morawewa 117 Development Wildlife Threats Department Wildlife Conservation Department, Irrigation Department
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Table 30 (b) Recommended Uses for Abandoned Agricultural Lands
Type DS Division Extent Reasons for Relevant Recommendations (ha) Abandonment agencies Agrarian Rehabilitation of Irrigation works Development (Tanks/cannels etc) Department Conduct soil survey to restore Kinniya 445.73 Civil Conflicts Agriculture crop cultivation Water Scarcity Department Introduce water saving D.S.Office technologies Dept. of Land Promote Rain Water Harvesting Commissioners Muthur 652.66 Civil Conflicts D.S. Office Verification of deeds, Demarcate Provincial Land boundaries, Commissioner Check and review Paddy Land Agrarian Registry if available Development Assist farmers to re use their Dept. lands through subsidy and other assistance Verugal 5.30 Flood Irrigation Dept Further studies required to assess Agrarian the present situation. Development Investigate flood control Dept. possibilities if the flood recurrent is frequent.
Paddy Gomarankadawala 197 Civil Conflicts D.S.Office Promote water Conservation and Wildlife threats Provincial Land attend to Irrigation Problems. Com. Dept Reconstruction of minor Tanks, Department of Repairing Tank, Sluice and Spill Wildlife Conservation Kuchchaveli 424.28 Civil Conflicts D.S. Office Wildlife Threats Wildlife Con. Promote water Conservation and Water Scarcity Dept. attend to Irrigation Problems. Salinity Agrarian Devpt. Reconstruction of minor Tanks, Socio Economic Dept. Repairing irrigation works Issues Forest Dept Irrigation Dept
Padavi-Sripura 169.94 Civil Conflicts Provincial Land Resolve Land ownership issues in Commissioner the area with close collaboration Sugar Company, of farmer communities and Kantale sugarcane farm.
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5.3.5.3. Abandoned other Agricultural Lands
There are two types of other agricultural lands reported from Trincomalee District. They are coconut and sugarcane. Abandoned coconut lands are found in Kuchchaveli (10 ha.) and Verugal (61.81ha.) D.S. Divisions respectively. Abandoned sugarcane lands (about 658 ha.) investigated in Kantale DS. Division. (Figure 20)
The main reason for coconut land abandonment in the Kuchchaveli D.S. Division is attributed to wild animal attacks, and the problem of coconut land abandonment in Verugal D.S. Division is due to catastrophe of Tsunami.
(i). Recommendations for Abandoned Coconut Lands
Kuchchaveli and Verugal Divisions are reported abandoned coconut lands in two locations. Total extents under these crops are about 71.87 ha. In the Kuchchaveli D.S. Division coconut lands are abandoned due to wildlife threats and in the Verugal D.S. Division, coconut lands were damaged due to Tsunami. Both of these lands can be develop again for the coconut with the guidance of coconut cultivation board. However, support from the department of wildlife conservation is very necessary to re- use the coconut lands in Kuchchaveli D.S. Division as these areas are affected by wild elephants. The details are given in table 31 below.
Table 31. Recommended proposals for abandoned coconut lands
DS Division Extent Land Use Reasons for Relevant Recommendations (ha) Type Abandonment agencies Kuchchaveli 10 Coconut Conflicts with D.S. Office - Re cultivation can be wild animals Dept. of done under the existing Wildlife subsidy program Conservation - Appropriate measures should be taken to resolve conflicts with wild animals. Verugal 61.87 Coconut Crop Re cultivation can be damaged due done under the existing to Tsunami subsidy program Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
(ii). Recommendations for Abandoned Sugarcane Lands
Lands idling due to unuse for sugarcane is reported in Kantale D.S. Division is amounted to 658 ha. As these lands are considered very suitable for sugarcane, re-cultivation could be possible. However, appropriate institutional arrangements have to be taken to resolve the existing issues related to land ownership.
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5.3.6 Abandoned Settlements
In the District of Trincomalee, there are 06 Divisional Secretary divisions reported informations pertaining to abandoned settlements. The period of abandonment is vary from 15 to 30 years. Among 42 cases, (locations) 03 locations have been abandoned due to tsunami and others are due to civil conflicts. About 252 families dispersed due to Tsunami and have not yet been re-settled in their original places. Two out of three such locations are located within the Coastal belt and have not been re- settled. Other place of Tsunami affected was restricted by DMC. Therefore policy level decision has to be taken about these settlers to resolve the issue.
All the other 39 places have been abandoned due to civil conflicts. A large number of families have been dispersed due to civil war and have to be resolve by involving with all stake holder agencies. As these areas are presently under scrub the role of the forest department is very important to District and Divisional level administration. It was also reported that certain areas which are presently abandoned are located within the existing forest boundary. Therefore, land owners have to produce their proper documentations to claim for their lands. In such an occasions, forest department is willing to release such lands in case of that if the true documents are available. However it was found that resolving of this problem will be a more complex if a policy decision is not taken. The details of abandoned settlements are given in the table below and in the figure 21.
Table 32 (a) Details of Abandoned Settlement in the Trincomalee District.
Name of the Name of the Reasons for Period of No. of D.S. Division Settlement/Village Abandonment Abandonment Families Koonithivu Not allowed by 15 Years 86 DMC Ralkuly Tsunami Affected 15 Years 80 Area Sampoor East Conflict Situation 30 Years 375 Sampoor West Conflict Situation 30 Years 450 Muthur Nawarathnapuram Conflict Situation 30 Years 135 Kadarkarichchenai Conflict Situation 30 Years 85 Kiliveddy Conflict Situation 30 Years 95 Kankuweli Conflict Situation 30 Years 95 Koonithivu Tsunami Affected 15 Years 86 Area Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table 32 (b) Details of Abandoned Settlement in the Trincomalee District.
Name of Name of the Reasons for Period of No. of the D.S. Settlement/Village Abandonment Abandonment Families Division Casim Nagar Conflict 30 Years 25 Situation Kallampattai Conflict Kuchchaveli 30 Years 25 Situation Kuchchaveli Conflict 30 Years 25 Situation Upparu Conflict Kinniya 30 Years 253 Situation Galmitiyawa North Conflict 30 Years 83 Situation Portkerney Conflict 30 Years 2 Thambalaga Situation muwa Pudukuduyirippu Conflict 30 Years 2 Situation Palampadaru Conflict 30 Years 2 Situation Peniketiyawa Due to civil 30 Years 25 Conflict Nochchikulam Due to civil 30 Years 75 Conflict Namalwaththa Due to civil 30 Years 190 Conflict Morawewa South Due to civil 30 Years 200 Conflict Morawewa North Due to civil Morawewa 30 Years 65 Conflict Mahadivulawewa Stage – 2 Due to civil 30 Years Conflict Morawewa Pankulam Due to civil 30 Years 300 Conflict Mahadivulawewa Due to civil 30 Years Conflict Awvinagar Due to civil 30 Years Conflict Paburugaswewa War Conflict, 30 Years 23 Wildlife Threats Bakmeegama War Conflict, 30 Years 15 Gomarankad Wildlife Threats awala Kalayanapura War Conflict, 30 Years 11 Wildlife Threats Kandamalawa War Conflict, 30 Years 31 Wildlife Threats
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Table 32 (c) Details of Abandoned Settlement in the Trincomalee District.
Name of the D.S. Name of the Reasons for Period of No. of Division Settlement/Village Abandonment Abandonment Families Thalkaswew War Conflict, 30 Years 31 a Village Wildlife Threats Aandiyagala War Conflict, Mailawewa 30 Years 10 Village Wildlife Threats Moragala War Conflict, Gomarankadawala 30 Years 28 Village Wildlife Threats Kumpukwew War Conflict, Bagmegama 30 Years 20 a Village Wildlife Threats War Conflict, Pulikandikulama 30 Years 2 Wildlife Threats War Conflict, Sumedhankarapura 30 Years 131 Wildlife Threats War Conflict, Srimangalapura 30 Years 30 Wildlife Threats War Conflict, Neelapola 30 Years 5 Wildlife Threats Seruwila War Conflict, Kawanthissapura 30 Years 70 Seruwila Wildlife Threats War Conflict, Seruwila 30 Years 95 Wildlife Threats War Conflict, RB 4 (Serunuwara) 30 Years 14 Wildlife Threats War Conflict, Lingapuram 30 Years 11 Wildlife Threats Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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The Recommendation
According to the information given in the tables above, large numbers of families have to be re-settled in the areas of concern. This has to be done as a collaborative work of all stakeholder agencies. For instance, almost all the areas of abandoned settlement areas are now under scrub or similar nature of land cover formation. There is a difficulty in demarcating previous boundaries of settlements. On the other hand, some of the locations are situated in the close vicinity to forest lands or wildlife reserves. Because of the long term abandonment, some of the locations are appearing as forest lands. In such cases, wildlife threats are very common. It was also found that, some settlers have title deeds in their possession and clamming for their original lands. Therefore, it is strongly suggested to attend to this issue with the basic and general guidelines given in the recommendation tables below.
Table 33 (a) Recommended Measures for Abandoned Settlements
er
Name of the D.S. Reasons for Settlements/ Relevant Agencies Division Abandonment
Village Period
PresentUse/
No of Families of No
Abandonment Abandonment
Recommendations Recommendations PresentCov Land DS office, Provincial Land Not allowed by Koonithivu 15 Years 86 Scrub Resettle Commissioner, Forest Department, DMC Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Tsunami Ralkuly 15 Years 80 Scrub Resettle Commissioner, Forest Department, Affected Area Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Conflict Sampoor East 30 Years 86 Scrub Resettle Commissioner, Forest Department, Situation Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Conflict Sampoor West 30 Years 450 Scrub Resettle Commissioner, Forest Department, Situation Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Nawarathnapura Conflict 30 Years 135 Scrub Resettle Commissioner, Forest Department, m Situation
Muthur Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Kadarkarichchen Conflict 30 Years 85 Scrub Resettle Commissioner, Forest Department, ai Situation Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Conflict Kiliveddy 30 Years 95 Scrub Resettle Commissioner, Forest Department, Situation Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Conflict Kankuweli 30 Years 95 Scrub Resettle Commissioner, Forest Department, Situation Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Tsunami Koonithivu 15 Years 86 Scrub Resettle Commissioner, Forest Department, Affected Area Resettlement ministry Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table 33 (b) Recommended Measures for Abandoned Settlements
Name of the D.S. Reasons for Settlements/ Relevant Agencies Division Abandonment
Village Period
PresentUse/
No of Families of No
Abandonment Abandonment
Recommendations Recommendations PresentCover Land DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Conflict Casim Nagar 30 Years 25 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Situation Resettlement ministry
DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Conflict Kallampattai 30 Years 25 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Situation Resettlement
Kuchchaveli Kuchchaveli ministry Resettle DS office, Provincial Forest Land Commissioner, Conflict Dept. Kuchchaveli 30 Years 25 Scrub Forest Department, Situation concurre Resettlement nce is ministry required DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Conflict Upparu 30 Years 253 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Situation Kinniya Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Conflict Galmitiyawa North 30 Years 83 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Situation Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial
Land Commissioner, Conflict Portkerney 30 Years 2 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Situation Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Conflict Pudukuduyirippu 30 Years 2 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Thambalagamuwa Situation Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Conflict Palampadaru 30 Years 2 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Situation Resettlement ministry Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table 33 (c) Recommended Measures for Abandoned Settlements
Name of the D.S. Reasons for
Settlements/ Families Relevant Agencies Division Abandonment
Village Period
PresentUse/
No of No
Abandonment Abandonment
Recommendations Recommendations PresentCover Land DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Due to civil Peniketiyawa 30 Years 25 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Conflict Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Due to civil Nochchikulam 30 Years 75 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Conflict Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Due to civil Namalwaththa 30 Years 190 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Conflict Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Due to civil Morawewa South 30 Years 200 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Conflict Resettlement ministry
DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Due to civil Morawewa North 30 Years 65 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Conflict Resettlement Morawewa ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Mahadivulawewa Due to civil 30 Years Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Stage – 2 Conflict Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Morawewa Due to civil 30 Years 300 Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Pankulam Conflict Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Due to civil Mahadivulawewa 30 Years Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Conflict Resettlement ministry DS office, Provincial Land Commissioner, Due to civil Awvinagar 30 Years Scrub Resettle Forest Department, Conflict Resettlement ministry Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table 33 (d) Recommended Measures for Abandoned Settlements
Reasons D.S. Name of the for Relevant Agencies
Division Settlements/ Village Abandonm Period Period
ent
PresentUse/
No of Families of No
Abandonment Abandonment
Recommendations Recommendations PresentCover Land War DS office, Provincial Conflict, Land Commissioner, Paburugaswewa 30 Years 23 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry War DS office, Provincial Conflict, Land Commissioner, Bakmeegama 30 Years 15 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry War DS office, Provincial Conflict, Land Commissioner, Kalayanapura 30 Years 11 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry War DS office, Provincial Conflict, Land Commissioner, Kandamalawa 30 Years 31 Scrub Resettle
Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry Thalkaswe War DS office, Provincial wa Village Conflict, Land Commissioner, 30 Years 31 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry
Aandiyagal War DS office, Provincial Gomarankadawala Mailaw a Village Conflict, Land Commissioner, 30 Years 10 Scrub Resettle ewa Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry Moragala War DS office, Provincial Village Conflict, Land Commissioner, 30 Years 28 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry Kumpukw War DS office, Provincial Bagme ewa Conflict, Land Commissioner, 30 Years 20 Scrub Resettle gama Village Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry War DS office, Provincial Conflict, Land Commissioner, Pulikandikulama 2 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry War DS office, Provincial Conflict, Land Commissioner, Sumedhankarapura 30 Years 131 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry War DS office, Provincial Conflict, Land Commissioner, Srimangalapura 30 Years 30 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry War DS office, Provincial Seruwila Conflict, Land Commissioner, Neelapola 30 Years 5 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry War DS office, Provincial Conflict, Land Commissioner, Kawanthissapura 30 Years 70 Scrub Resettle Wildlife Forest Department, Threats Resettlement ministry
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Table 33 (e) Recommended Measures for Abandoned Settlements
Name of the D.S. Reasons for Settlements/ Relevant Agencies Division Abandonment
Village Period
PresentUse/
No of Families of No
Abandonment Abandonment
Recommendations Recommendations PresentCover Land War Conflict, DS office, Provincial Wildlife Land Commissioner, Seruwila 30 Years 95 Scrub Resettle Threats Forest Department, Resettlement ministry
War Conflict, DS office, Provincial RB 4 Wildlife Land Commissioner, 30 Years 14 Scrub Resettle (Serunuwara) Threats Forest Department, Seruwila Resettlement ministry War Conflict, DS office, Provincial Wildlife Land Commissioner, Lingapuram 30 Years 11 Scrub Resettle Threats Forest Department, Resettlement ministry Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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5.3.7. Presence of Unutilized Lands
5.3.7.1. Introduction
While addressing the existing issues related to land uses, potentially developable lands in the district was also assessed.
During this task all land parcels of which might have potential for future developments or investments have been identified, demarcated on maps and basic physical parameters adhere to them was evaluated.
This evaluation results were presented in a form of land suitability. In this assessment soil Ph, salinity, slope, soil texture, Agro- climatic condition etc. was considered.
5.3.7.2 Recommendations for Unutilized Lands
The total unused land extent reported was amounted to 1707.315 ha, in the district. These extents were reported from all D.S. Divisions as follows.
Table 34 Presence of unutilized lands in Trincomalee District
No Name of the D.S. Division Extent Un- utilized (ha) 01 Kanthale 20.02 02 Kinniya 432.33 03 Thambalagamuwa 5.085 04 Town & Gravets 6.75 05 Muthur 317.2 06 Seruwila 106.92 07 Verugal 309.55 08 Kuchchaveli 147.09 09 Morawewa 6.02 10 Gomarankadawala 47.0 11 Padavi Sripura 309.35 Total 1707.315 Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
Recommended uses for the above lands (Figure 22) have been determined by field staff of the district with using basic land evaluation principles. Basically, the result of this evaluation is presented under five main categories; such as Housing, Agriculture, Industries, Livestock and Service Centers. The details of each land parcels is given in the table 35 to 44 in this report.
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Table: 35 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Kantale D.S. Division
Name of the Extend Recommended Use on No Geo Coordinates Area (Hc) priority basic
Housing, E247290 01 Kanthale 20.02 Agriculture, N368687 Industry Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
Table: 36 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Kinniya D.S. Division
Name of the Extend Recommended Use on No Geo Coordinates Area (Hc) priority basic
Housing, E240278 02 Manirasankulam 1.13 Agriculture, N359316 Livestock
Housing, E240768 03 Majeethnager 0.59 Agriculture, N356920 Livestock
Housing, 04 Majeethnager 117.85 Agriculture, NA Livestock
Housing, 05 Soorankal 8.57 Agriculture, NA Livestock
Housing, 06 Upparu 57.53 NA Service Center
E238662, 238722, Agriculture, 240577, 242143 07 Ajiliyadi 246.66 Livestock, N35604, 356049, Pasture Land 356719, 356192 Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table: 37 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Thambalagamuwa D.S. Division
Extend Recommended Use on No Name of the Area Geo Coordination (Hc) priority basic
Housing, E233149 08 Thambalagamuwa 3.23 Agriculture, N364151 Livestock Housing, E229400 09 Barawasila 0.95 Agriculture, N368220 Livestock Housing, E235325 10 Kalmiddiyawa 0.86 Commercial, N365875 Agriculture Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
Table: 38 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Town & Gravets D.S. Division
Name of the Extend Recommended Use on No Geo Coordination Area (Hc) priority basic
Agriculture, E238600 11 Kappalthurai 0.95 Livestock N368250 Housing, E247290 12 Vellamanal 0.45 Agriculture, N368687 Industry E240954 13 Kappalthurai 1.81 Housing N372267 E245780 14 Peeliyadi 1.72 Housing N377376 E247290 15 Town & Gravets 1.82 Housing N368687 Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
Table: 39 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Muthur D.S. Division
Name of the Extend Recommended Use on No Geo Coordination Area (Hc) priority basic
Housing, 16 Pallikudijiruppu 313.16 Agriculture, NA Livestock Housing, E261584 17 Iqbal Nager 4.04 Agriculture, N356520 Livestock Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table: 40 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Seruwila D.S. Division
Name of the Extend Recommended Use on No Geo Coordination Area (Hc) priority basic
Agriculture, 18 Neelapola 79 NA Livestock Housing, E257992 19 Serunuwara 2.02 Agriculture, N258173 Industry Housing, E257992 20 Serunuwara 20.24 Agriculture, N258173 Industry Housing, E257901 21 Serunuwara 5.66 Agriculture, N344636 Industry Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
Table: 41 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Verugal D.S. Division
Name of the Extend Recommended Use on No Geo Coordination Area (Hc) priority basic
Housing, 22 Verugal 74.29 Agriculture, NA Industry NA 23 Verugal 235.06 Agriculture
Housing, Agriculture, E257996 24 Poonagar 0.20 Livestock, N258173 Service Center Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table:42 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Kuchchaveli D.S. Division
Name of the Extend Recommended Use on No Geo Coordination Area (Hc) priority basic
Housing, Kummpurupiddi E258173 25 10.15 Agriculture, East N397176 Tourism Housing, Kummpurupiddi E241176 26 0.8 Agriculture, East N393896 Service Center Housing, Kummpurupiddi E241560 27 0.8 Agriculture, East N393560 Service Center Housing, Kummpurupiddi 28 16.19 Agriculture, NA East Livestock Housing, Kummpurupiddi 29 66.95 Agriculture, NA East Livestock Housing 30 Priyakulam 4.32 Agriculture, NA Livestock Housing, 31 Igbal Nagar 5.39 Agriculture, NA Livestock Housing, 32 Pulmoddai 1 39.19 Agriculture NA Livestock Housing, 33 Pulmoddai 4 3.31 Agriculture, NA Livestock Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
Table: 43 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Morawewa D.S. Division
Name of the Extend Recommended Use on No Geo Coordination Area (Hc) priority basic
Housing, E215676 34 Panikaddiyawa 2.02 Agriculture, N378084 Livestock Housing, NA 35 Morawewa 4 Agriculture,
Livestock Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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Table: 44 Recommended uses for unutilized lands in Gomarankadawala D.S. Division
Extend Recommended Use on No Name of the Area Geo Coordination (Hc) priority basic
Agriculture, NA 36 Gomarankadawala 27 Livestock Housing E226550 37 Kalyanapura 20 Agriculture, N381885 Service Center Housing, NA 38 Padavisripura 309.35 Agriculture,
Livestock Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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5.3.7.3 Lands Recently Identified for Various Development Purpose
In addition to the unused lands describe under section 5.3.7, there are some other areas have been identified by Divisional Secretaries according to the directives of Chief Minister of the Eastern Province.
All these lands also have been inspected by the LUPPD staff of Trincomalee District and classified according to their suitability.
According to the above survey, 13,394 Acres have been identified as potentially available land for different purpose. Some of these lands are mainly under the state ownership and while the others are managed by provincial councils, Sri Lanka Tourist Development Board, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Land Reform Commission and Forest Department.
Locations of these lands are given in the Figure 23 in this report and details are given below.
Table 45 (a) Lands Recently Identified for Development Projects.
Extent Location (As per mid D.S. Owner G.N. Division (Approxima Purposed Use coordinate) Division ship te – Acres-) X Y Verugal Poonagar 5 Industrial 261602 343971 Industrial/
Seruwila Serunuwara 15 257509 346726 Agriculture Kinniya Majeethnager 235 Agriculture 243871 354846 Morawewa South 50 Industrial 236377 380007 Morawewa Morawewa North 22 Agriculture 232221 383560 Namalmawatha 18 Agriculture 225915 384458 Agbopura 50 Industrial 222200 345682
Batukachchiya 50 (Central) Land State Agriculture 222725 245280 Kanthale Rajawewa 50 223643 344360 Seenipura 10000 Sugar Factory Land 230000 343350 Verugal 20 Tourism 268984 341119 Mukathuwaram Elankaithurai 25 Agriculture 267772 340992 Karukkamunal 55 Agriculture 265201 345906 Verugal 25 Agriculture 267836 340970 Verugal Verugal 3 Industrial 268804 340106 Mukathuwaram Elangaithurai 10 Agriculture 266004 347003 Verugal 25 Agriculture 269104 340107 Mukathuwaram Verugal 5 Agriculture 265171 339882 Uppooral 5 Agriculture 267144 351522
Thiriya 10 (Provincial)Land Agriculture 227744 409055 Kuchchaveli Kallampattai 100 Agriculture 225842 401133
Parana Medawachchiya 10 State Agriculture 209564 408541 Padavi Sri Parana Medawachchiya 15 Industrial 212395 410245 Pura Parana Medawachchiya 10 Agriculture 213389 410281 Parana Medawachchiya 10 Industrial 236519 380571 Kithuluthuwewa 30 Industrial 236519 380571 Kithuluthuwewa 80 Industrial 236469 380376 Morawewa Kithuluthuwewa 150 Industrial 238589 379503 Nochchikulam 3 Industrial 226816 381253 Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2016)
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Table 45 (b) Lands Recently Identified for Development Projects.
Extent Location (As per mid Purposed D.S. Division D.N. Division (Approximat Ownership coordinate) Use e – Acres-) X Y Thampalagamam Galmitiyawa South 4 Agriculture 229616 358361
Galkadawala 100 Industrial 219386 388708
Kivulakadawala 75 Industrial 222952 395234 Land Land Gomarankadawala Mailawewa 50 State Industrial 222857 396409
Puliyandikulama 100 (Provincial) Agriculture 224346 390920 Mailawewa 300 Agriculture 224595 401110 Kuchchaveli Kuburupitiya East 455 SLTDB Land Tourism 240057 395252 Town & Gravests Vellaimanal 457 SLPA Land Tourism 247596 368093 247951 362114 Kinniya Upparu 142 Agriculture 247647 361878 LRC Land Muthur Rakuly 75 Industrial 250642 361438 Kanthale Sooriyapura 400 Agriculture 244745 348140 Mangaiyooth 50 Industrial 243638 375649 Town & Gravests Forest Sumedhankapura 100 Industrial 242912 374359 Source: Field Survey Data, LUPPD (2016)
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Figure 23
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5.3.8. Areas of Present Land Use can be Continue
Although the land extents described in the previous chapters are interpreted as problematic areas, there are several land uses that could be continue under the existing condition. These lands therefore can be recognized as the area with no significant land use issues at present.
According to the usage of these lands:
Homegardens Agricultural Lands Buildup Lands Water Bodies & other forms of land uses are coming under the above. Divisional Secretary Divisional Level Distribution of above Lands is given in the Table 46 below.
Table: 46 Areas of Present Land Use can be Continue
Urban Agricultural Water D.S. Division Homegardens Other Lands Lands Lands Bodies Verugal 207.46 54 473.59 504 161 Padavi Sri Pura 38 33 1.43 267 40 Muthur 835 1.22 4982 1378 - Kuchchaveli 625 996 3213 1897 691 Kinniya 1274 298 2019 1009 72 Seruwila 600 49.8 3747 882 54.26 Thambalagamuwa 680 13 3288 562 178 Morawewa 2016 33 2297 1904 75 Gomarankadawala 223 - 2585 1652 100 Kanthale 1046 - 7093 4991 801 Town & Gravets 1321 944 419 441 55 Source: Field Survey Data (LUPPD) 2015
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5.4. Other Issues related to Land Use.
In addition to the issues described in the previous chapters, there are other issues have been found in the district. Although they are not much important as above, some are potentially harmful to the environmental heath, particularly to the land resource base. These issues are reflected in the form of excessive gravel extraction, sand mining, prone farming and destruction of coastal vegetations in various places in the district. Apart from the above issues, illegal log cutting in forest reserves also reported as a environmental related problem which may ultimately impact on land recourse very negatively.
The summary details of above issues are given in the tables 47 (a), (b) and (c). Photographs of above locations are given in the plate 01 to plate 10.
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Table 47 (a) Other Issues Related to Land Use – Deforestation
D.S. Division G.N. Division Evidences/ Impacts Agbopura Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Batukachchiya Elephant Human conflict. (I) Land Use Conversion from Kanthale Sooriyapura forest to non forest uses such as; Paddy, Chena. Vanela (II) Elephant – Human Conflict (III) Reduction of forest cover Sirimangalapura Changed to land use patterns Seruwila Somura Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Kawanthissapura Elephant Human conflict. Galmitiya North Changed to land use patterns Thabalagamuwa Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Elephant Human conflict. Verugal Poonagar Changed to land use patterns Verugal Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Elephant Human conflict. Iruthayapuram Changed to land use patterns Shafi Nagar Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Muthur Rallkuly Livestock Elephant Human conflict. (IV) Elephant – Livestock Conflict Upparu Changed to land use patterns Majeed Nagar Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Kinniya Livestock Elephant Human conflict. (IV) Elephant – Livestock Conflict Parana Changed to land use patterns Madawachchiya Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Padavi Sri Pura Livestock Elephant Human conflict. (IV) Elephant – Livestock Conflict Kithuluththuwa Changed to land use patterns Namalwaththa Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Morawewa Morawewa South Livestock Elephant Human conflict. (IV) Elephant – Livestock Conflict Kappalthurai Changed to land use patterns Sumedhankarapura Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Town & Gravets Livestock Elephant Human conflict. (IV) Elephant – Livestock Conflict Kallanpaththu Changed to land use patterns Thiriyaya Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Kuchchaveli Thennamarawadi Livestock Elephant Human conflict. (IV) Elephant – Periyakulam Livestock Conflict Mailawewa Changed to land use patterns Puliyandikulama Encroached to Forest for Paddy, Chena, and Cultivation. Gomarankadawala Kalayanapura Livestock Elephant Human conflict. (IV) Elephant – Kivulakadawala Livestock Conflict Galkadawala
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Plate – 01 Forest Land Encroachments Plate – 02 Forest Land Encroachments
Plate – 03 Forest Land Encroachments Plate – 04 Forest Land Encroachments
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Table 47 (b) Other Issues Related to Land Use – Overextreetion of Gravel & Rock
D.S. Division G.N. Division Evidences/ Impacts Thambalagamuwa Palampatar Reduce forest cover Town & Gravets Illeppeikulam Reduce forest cover
Plate – 05 Gravel & Rock Overming Sites
Plate – 06 Gravel & Rock Overming Sites
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Table 47 (c) Other Issues Related to Land Use – Overextreetion of River Sand
D.S. Division G.N. Division Evidences/ Impacts
Neelapola - Distribution of River Bank Seruwila Sirimangalapura - Loss of Road Reservation near by Iruthayapuram - Distribution of River Bank Muthur Shafi Nagar - Loss of Road Reservation near by Rallkuly Upparu - Distribution of River Bank Kinniya Majeed Nagar - Loss of Road Reservation near by - Damages to Paddy Lands Poovarasanthivu
Plate 07 – Impact of Excessive Sand Mining Plate 08 – Impact of Excessive Sand Mining
Plate 09 – Impact of Excessive Sand Mining Plate 10 – Impact of Excessive Sand Mining
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6. Suggested Implementation Strategy
It is assumed that this report will be utilized by mainly at the District Level; in order to facilities the decision making on Land Use Planning. Therefore, to much attention should be placed on the coordinating mechanism at District Level. In this regard, District coordinating committee, District Land Use Planning * & District Land Use Planning Committee can be utilized as existing – operational mechanism to implementation of proposed activities. On the other hand as that of the District Level, Divisional Level will also have the same institutional arrangement to cater to implementation mechanism.
As District administration needs assistance from all subjects involved institutions, the proposed mechanism will be consisted with minimum of four levels.
Stage I – Submission of Reports to the National Level Expert Group
During the inception and progressive stages of report preparation and field work, ideas of the National Expert Group members was incorporated and taken in to account.
Therefore, it is suggested to present these reports at a National Level meeting headed by Secretary to the Ministry of Land. After words, circulation can be made to the all relevant Government Departments, Institutions and Agencies for the necessary actions according to their concern and mandate. This will be a suitable arrangement at National Level to create consensus about the task to be done and their relative importance.
Stage II – Submission of Reports to District Level Expert Committee and Provision o TOR
At this stage all stockholder agencies will be acknowledged about the operational mechanism and will be adhere to follow the guidelines when necessary. District Administration (The G.A) who chair the committee will take part as a focal point of the committee and will be monitored and provide directives when necessary. Coordinating mechanism/ activities and technical expert inputs will be provided by the District in – charge of Land Use Planning. (In this case Assistant Directors – District Land Use)
Stage III – Implementation of Development Proposals
All proposed activities and strategic options under the recommendations can easily be implemented at Divisional Secretary level. Existing members of the group will be act as members of the implementation committee with the chairmanship of Divisional Secretary. Land Use Planning Officers will be take part as Technical Coordinator at this level.
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Stage IV – Grass Root Change Detection and Data Collection and Updating
Any changers to the Land Use, or any misuse occurred, will be recorded at G.N. Level. This mechanism will also be monitored by Land Use Planning Officers attached to the D.S. Offices. All information collected through the regular surveys will be incorporated to D.S. Level and District Level Database. (G.I.S)
Funds
Funds for the implementation should be born within the department/ Institutions concerned, unless the external sources are identified or provided.
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List of References 01. Survey Department, Map of 1:10,000 Digital Series – Trincomalee District 02. Department of Census & Statistics – 2012 (Census Report – 2012) 03. District Secretariat – Trincomalee District (Statistional Reports & Data – 2012) 04. Revised National Physical Plan – (2015) Department of National Physical Planning 05. Agro – Ecological Map of Sri Lanka – (Agriculture Department) 06. https://www.google.lk/ Search? q = Trincomalee= climate= map 07. Department of Irrigation - Soil Map of Sri Lanka 08. Coastal Resource Profile for Trincomalee District – 2010 min: Nation Building Estate Infrastructure Development ADB/ NECCDEP/ ANZDEC
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ANNEX 01
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ANNEX 02
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D.S. Division – Town & Gravets
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha) No 1. Wilagama 243E 1332.2 2. Kanniya 243B 848 3. Welveri 243Q 937 4. Puliyankulam 243L 91 5. Mankaiyoottu 243K 374.77 6. Selvanayahapuram 243M 70 7. Mihindapura 243I 102 8. Jinnanagar 244O 41 9. Anpuvalipuram 243C 47 10. Palaiyoottu 243D 13 11. Sivapuri 244Q 38.5 12. Kavaddikuda 229D 674 13. Sumedhankarapura 229B 798 14. Andankulam 243A 353 15. Singhapura 243H 94 16. Kovilady 243P 33 17. Muththunagar 229F 2379 18. Kappalthurai 229E 513 19. Wellaimanal 229 565 20. Nachchikuda 229C 535 21. China Bay 229A 148 22. Poompuhaar 243O 42 23. Mudcove 244M 95.5 24. Linganagar 244R 107 25. Abayapura 244N 165 26. Orr's Hill 244P 107.5 27. Thillainagar 244H 39 28. Arunagirinagar 244G 35.6 29. Villundy 244E 34.5 30. Arasady 244J 23 31. Peruntheru 244L 30.5 32. Pattanatheru 244K 9.5 33. Thirukadaloor 243F 42.3 34. Murugapuri 243G 39.5 35. Uppuveli 243 108 36. Salli 242A 169 37. Varothayanagar 243N 337 38. Peeliyady 243J 154 39. Eluppaikulam 242B 760 40. Salli 242A 41. Samapalthevu 242 599 42. Manayaveli 244F 282 43. Sonagavadi 244I 27
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D.S. Division – Thampalakamam
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha)
1. Pudukuduyirippu 228J 204.00 2. Kovil Kudiyiruppu 228K 318.00 3. Pokkuruni 228I 161.68 4. Sirajnagar 228E 1449.23 5. Mullipothana North 228G 497.84 6. Mullipotana 228B 603.00 7. MollipothanaiEast 228F 1325.63 8. Meeranagar 228H 493.00 9. Galmetiyawa South 228C 4160.36 10. Galmetiyawa North 228L 15524.00 11. Thampalakamam 228A 776.00 12. Palampaddaru 228 631.00
D.S. Division – Seruwila
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha) 1. Kawanthissapura 215E 2226.00 2. Tanganagar 215G 1720.00 3. Ariyamankerni 217D 3083.00 4. Mahindapura 215C 1512.00 5. Somapura 217A 2045.00 6. Seruwila 215 1852.00 7. Lingapura 217E 1853.00 8. Serunuwara 215F 1003.00 9. Neelapola 217B 1606.00 10. Dehiwaththa 217 595.30 11. Sivapuram 217F 127.50 12. Samagipura 217C 2534.00 13. Srimangalapura 217G 15695.00 14. Navatkernikadu 215B 1213.00 15. Sumedankarapura 215D 1032.00 16. Uppooral 215H 17. Mahaweligama 215A 862.00
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D.S. Division – Padavi Sri Pura
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha) 1. Sri Pura 31D 1313.21 2. Samanpura 31M 811.64 3. Srit Thissapura 31L 1450.67 4. Singhapura 31J 759.37 5. Lassanagama 31P 541.14 6. Kawanthissapura 31H 479.77 7. Gemunupura 31N 274.94 8. Sewa Janapada 31K 1604.30 9. Parana Madawachiya 31F 3776.28 10. Jayanthiwewa 31I 756.77
D.S. Division – Morawewa
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha) 1. Namalwatta 231D 3481.00 2. Morawewa North 231B 2707.00 3. Kithuluthuwa 231E 702.00 4. Awvainagar 231G 497.00 5. Mahadivulwewa Stage 2 230B 721.00 6. Pankulam 231F 427.37 7. Nochchikulam 230C 876.00 8. Morawewa South 231A 6933.40 9. Peniketiyawa 230 5019.00 10. Mahadivulwewa 230A 4005.00
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D.S. Division – Muthur
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha) 1. Kaddaiparichchan South 222 1044.82 2. Muttur East 223A 75.16 3. Paddalipuram 219B 464.31 4. Neithal Nagar 223D 53.36 5. Palanagar 223G 93.58 6. Chenaiyoor 222A 1042.80 7. Jaya Nagar 224G 60.82 8. Muthur Central 223F 40.73 9. Anaichenai 223B 37.53 10. Alimnagar 224B 4.13 11. Pallikkudiyiruppu 219 779.69 12. Iruthayapuram 218E 501.83 13. Jinna Nagar M 224E 144.33 14. Allainagar East 216A 70.94 15. Allainagar West 216E 69.40 16. Thoppur 216 233.97 17. Palathoppur 216C 468.15 18. Mallikaithivu 218 583.82 19. Palathadichchenai 218F 187.14 20. Jinna Nagar T 216D 300.26 21. Assathnagar 218H 169.40 22. Kanguveli 218C 1280.97 23. Barathipuram 218G 187.98 24. Mengamam 218I 194.58 25. Shaff Nagar 224F 2330.30 26. Periyapalam 224A 203.45 27. Paddithidal 218B 223.12 28. Peruveli 218D 450.00 29. Kiliveddy 218A 386.21 30. Iqbal Nagar 216B 906.17 31. Nalloor 219A 1255.24 32. Nawarednapuram 221A 2201.52 33. Sampoor East 220 1346.81 34. Koonitivu 221 585.41 35. Sampoor West 220A 296.99 36. Kadarkaraichenai 222C 650.66 37. Kaddaiparichchan North 222B 69.95 38. Thaqwa Nagar 223C 44.57 39. Naduthivu 223E 39.79 40. Thaha Nagar 224C 30.99 41. Muttur West 224 198.12 42. Ralkully 224D 926.04
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D.S. Division – Kuchchaveli
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha)
1. Kaddukulam 237C 4659.03 2. Kallampattai 237D 2081.15 3. Periyakulam 241E 518.80 4. Irakkandy 241A 95.76 5. Valaiyoothu 241G 840.16 6. Gopalapuram 241B 216.24 7. Nilaveli 241 3301.43 8. Veloor 241C 381.11 9. Nilaveli 241 10. Gopalapuram 241B 11. Valaiyoothu 241G 12. Kumpurupiddi South 240 3073.19 13. Kumpurupiddi East 240B 2829.54 14. Veerancholai 239B 853.59 15. Iranaikerni 239A 1531.26 16. Kuchchaveli 239 5903.09 17. Jayanagar 239C 832.93 18. Cassimnagar 239D 426.85 19. Senthur 237B 867.33 20. Kumpurupiddi North 240A 4054.13 21. Kumpurupiddi North 240A 22. Pulmoddai H-2 31H 133.85 23. Pulmoddai I-1 31I 4209.75 24. Pulmoddai H-2 31H 25. Pulmoddai G-3 31G 2151.06
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D.S. Division – Kinniya
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha)
1. Periya Kinniya 226B 3.90 2. Ehuthar Nagar 226A 41.98 3. Munaichenai 226I 244.22 4. Kuddikarachchi 226E 61.24 5. Samavechchathivu 225I 187.59 6. Maharoof Gramam 226L 491.97 7. Nadooththu 226M 603.77 8. Poovarasanthivu 225H 262.79 9. Echchanthivu 225L 65.27 10. Majeed Nagar 226O 2651.24 11. Ayliady 226Q 3137.63 12. Maniarasankulam 226P 660.16 13. Alankerny 225J 57.91 14. Kakamunai 226K 289.19 15. Mancholaichenai 225D 60.03 16. Annal Nagar 225F 41.54 17. Faizal Nagar 225G 216.47 18. Upparu 225K 4461.12 19. Maharuf Nagar 225E 29.15 20. Mancholai 225C 32.59 21. Kattaiaru 225B 9.84 22. Sinna Kinniya 225A 19.63 23. Idiman 226F 60.49 24. Kinniya 226D 27.97 25. Kachchakodithivu 226J 212.98 26. Malimthurai 226C 7.22 27. Rahumaniya Nagar 225 24.89 28. Kurinchakerny 226G 135.77 29. Naduthivu 226H 218.79 30. Periyaththumunai 226 20.52 31. Soorangal 226N 1083.48 32. Ganthalawa Unit 12 227S 175.00 33. Vanela West 227V 579 34. Gantalawa Unit 11 227P 131.00 35. Raja Ela Unit 05 227N 2087.00
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D.S. Division – Kinniya
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha)
36. Vandrasapura Unit 15 227Q 951 37. Vanela East 227D 298.00 38. Jayanthipura 227J 2086.00 39. Pansalagodella 227W 233.00 40. Raja Ela Unit 04 227M 415.00 41. Raja Ela Unit 03 227B 139.00 42. Peraru East 227O 768.70 43. Kantalai Town South 227K 136.00 44. Peraru West 227H 875.25 45. Peraru Unit 02 227G 130.00 46. Rajawewa 227U 1750.00 47. Vandrasapura Unit 16 227R 1503 48. Vandrasapura Unit 14 227A 2626.00 49. Bathiyagama 227L 2924.00 50. Kantalai Town 227 3426.00 51. Agbopura 227C 1434.00 52. Seenipura 227E 7805.50 53. Sooriyapura 227F 11483.00 54. Batukachchiya 227T 1766.00
D.S. Division – Gomarankadawala
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha) 1. Mailawewa 233C 4222.00 2. Kivulakadawela 233A 2134.00 3. Pulikandikulama 233B 3070.00 4. Bakmeegama 233D 1588.00 5. Gomarankadawala 231 991.00 6. Kalyanapura 231C 2893.00 7. Galkadawala 232 1403.00 8. Kandamalawa 232B 1706.00 9. Medawachchiya 233 3536.00 10. Pamburugaswewa 232A 1075.00
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D.S. Division – Verugal
GN Divisions in Trincomalee District
Serial No G.N. Name G.N. Number Extent (ha) 1. Karukamunai 214G 623.85 2. Eachchilampattai 214 403.77 3. Poonagar 214B 983.77 4. Poomaraththadichenai 214H 1088.61 5. Verugal 214A 976.66 6. Anaitheevu 214D 759.81 7. Verugal Mugathuvaram 214E 657.39 8. Illankaithurai Mugathuvaram 214F 695.00 9. Ilankaithurai 214C 967.90 10. Uppooral 215H 558.66
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Local Government Areas in Trincomalee District
Urban/ Pradeshiya Saba G.N. Division
Ganthalawa Unit 12, Vanela West, Gantalawa Unit 11, Raja Ela Unit 05, Vandrasapura Unit 15, Vanela East, Jayanthipura, Pansalagodella, Raja Ela Unit 04, Raja Ela Unit 04, Raja Ela Kanthale Pradeshiya Saba Unit 03, Peraru East, Kantalai Town South, Peraru West, Peraru Unit 02, Rajawewa, Vandrasapura Unit 16, Vandrasapura Unit 14, Bathiyagama, Kantalai Town , Agbopura, Seenipura, Sooriyapura, Batukachchiya. Puthukudiyirippu, Kovil Kudiyiruppu, Pokkuruni Sirajnagar, Mullipothana North, Mullipotana, Mollipothanai East, Thampalagamam Pradeshiya Saba Meeranagar, Galmetiyawa South, Galmetiyawa North, Thampalakamam, Palampaddaru. Periya Kinniya, Ehuthar Nagar, Munaichenai, Kuddikarachchi, Samavechchathivu, Maharoof Gramam, Nadooththu, Poovarasanthivu, Echchanthivu, Majeed Nagar, Ayliady, Maniarasankulam, Alankerny, Kakamunai, Kinniya Pradeshiya Saba Mancholaichenai, Annal Nagar, Faizal Nagar, Upparu, Maharuf Nagar, Mancholai, Kattaiaru, Sinna Kinniya, Idiman Kinniya, Kachchakodithivu, Malimthurai, Rahumaniya Nagar, Kurinchakerny, Naduthivu, Periyaththumunai, Soorangal,
Kaddaiparichchan, South Muttur East, Paddalipuram, Neithal Nagar, Palanagar, Chenaiyoor, Jaya Nagar, Muthur Central, Anaichenai, Alimnagar, Pallikkudiyiruppu, Iruthayapuram, Jinna Nagar, Allainagar East, Allainagar West, Thoppur, Palathoppur , Mallikaithivu, Palathadichchenai , Jinna Nagar, Muthur Pradeshiya Saba Assathnagar, Kanguveli, Barathipuram, Mengamam , Shaff Nagar, Periyapalam, Paddithidal, Peruveli , Kiliveddy, Iqbal Nagar, Nalloor, Nawarednapuram, Sampoor East, Koonitivu, Sampoor West, Kadarkaraichenai, Kaddaiparichchan North, Thaqwa Nagar, Naduthivu, Thaha Nagar, Muttur West, Ralkully
Kawanthissapura, Tanganagar, Ariyamankerni, Mahindapura, Somapura, Seruwila, Lingapura, Serunuwara, Neelapola, Seruwila Pradeshiya Saba Dehiwaththa, Sivapuram, Samagipura, Srimangalapura, Navatkernikadu, Sumedankarapura, Uppooral, Mahaweligama, Sri Pura, Samanpura, Srit Thissapura, Singhapura, Padavisripura Pradeshiya Saba Lassanagama, Kawanthissapura, Gemunupura, Sewa Janapada, Parana Madawachiya, Jayanthiwewa
Karukamunai, Eachchilampattai, Poonagar, Eachchilampattai Pradeshiya Saba Poomaraththadichenai, Verugal, Anaitheevu, Verugal, Mugathuvaram, Illankaithurai, Mugathuvaram, Ilankaithurai
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Local Government Areas in Trincomalee District
Urban/ Pradeshiya Saba G.N. Division Namalwatta, Morawewa North, Kithuluthuwa, Awvainagar, Mahadivulwewa Stage 2, Morawewa, Pankulam, Morawewa Pradeshiya Saba Nochchikulam, Morawewa South, Peniketiyawa, Mahadivulwewa. Kaddukulam, Kallampattai, Periyakulam, Irakkandy, Valaiyoothu, Gopalapuram, Nilaveli , Veloor, Valaiyoothu, Kumpurupiddi South, Kumpurupiddi East, Veerancholai, Kuchchaveli Pradeshiya Saba Iranaikerni, Kuchchaveli, Jayanagar, Cassimnagar, Senthur, Kumpurupiddi North, Kumpurupiddi North, Pulmoddai H-2, Pulmoddai I-1, Pulmoddai H-2, Pulmoddai G-3, Pulmoddai J-4 , Thiriyai, Thennaimaravady, Iqbalnagar. Mailawewa, Kivulakadawela, Pulikandikulama, Bakmeegama, Gomarankadawala Pradeshiya Gomarankadawala, Kalyanapura, Saba Galkadawala, Kandamalawa, Medawachchiya, Pamburugaswewa,
Periya Kinniya, Ehuthar Nagar, Kuddikarachchi, Echchanthivu, Alankerny, Mancholaichenai, Annal Nagar, Faizal Nagar, Kinniya Urban Council Maharuf Nagar, Mancholai, Kattaiaru, Sinna Kinniya, Idiman, Kinniya, Malimthurai, Rahumaniya Nagar, Periyaththumunai.
Munaichenai, Samavechchathivu, Maharoof Gramam, Nadooththu, Poovarasanthivu, Majeed Nagar, Ayliady, Kinniya Pradeshiya Saba Maniarasankulam, Kakamunai, Upparu, Kachchakodithivu, Kurinchakerny, Naduthivu, Soorangal. Mihindapura, Jinnanagar, Anpuvalipuram, Sivapuri, Linganagar, Abayapura, Orr's Hill, Town & Gravets Urban Council Thillainagar, Arunagirinagar, Villundy, Arasady, Peruntheru, Pattanatheru, Thirukadaloor, Murugapuri, Uppuveli, Manayaveli, Sonagavadi, Wilagama, Peeliyady, Eluppaikulam, Kanniya, Salli, Samapalthevu, Welveri, Puliyankulam, Mankaiyoottu, Andankulam, Selvanayahapuram, Palaiyoottu, Kavaddikuda, Town & Gravets Pradeshiya Saba Sumedhankarapura, Singhapura, Kovilady, Muththunagar, Wellaimana,l Nachchikuda, China Bay, Poompuhar, Mudcove, Varothayanagar.
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Agrarian Services Centers in Trincomalee District
Agrarian Center – Morawewa
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Namalwatta 231D 2. Morawewa North 231B 3. Kithuluthuwa 231E 4. Awvainagar 231G 5. Mahadivulwewa Stage 2 230B 6. Morawewa Pankulam 231F 7. Nochchikulam 230C 8. Morawewa South 231A 9. Peniketiyawa 230 10. Mahadivulwewa 230A
Agrarian Center – Kuchchaveli
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Kaddukulam 237C 2. Kallampattai 237D 3. Veerancholai 239B 4. Iranaikerni 239A 5. Kuchchaveli 239 6. Jayanagar 239C 7. Cassimnagar 239D 8. Senthur 237B 9. Thiriyai 237
Agrarian Center – Kiliveddy
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Jinna Nagar 216D 2. Assathnagar 218H 3. Barathipuram 218G 4. Mengamam 218I 5. Kiliveddy 218A
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Agrarian Services Centers in Trincomalee District
Agrarian Center – Kurinchakerny
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Munaichenai 226I 2. Nadooththu 226M 3. Ayliady 226Q 4. Maniarasankulam 226P 5. Kakamunai 226K 6. Kachchakodithivu 226J 7. Naduthivu 226H 8. Soorangal 226N
Agrarian Center – Kinniya
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Periya Kinniya 226B 2. Ehuthar Nagar 226A 3. Kuddikarachchi 226E 4. Samavechchathivu 225I 5. Maharoof Gramam 226L 6. Poovarasanthivu 225H 7. Echchanthivu 225L 8. Majeed Nagar 226O 9. Alankerny 225J 10. Mancholaichenai 225D 11. Annal Nagar 225F 12. Faizal Nagar 225G 13. Upparu 225K 14. Maharuf Nagar 225E 15. Mancholai 225C 16. Kattaiaru 225B 17. Sinna Kinniya 225A 18. Idiman 226F 19. Kinniya 226D 20. Malimthurai 226C 21. Rahumaniya Nagar 225 22. Kurinchakerny 226G 23. Periyaththumunai 226
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Agrarian Services Centers in Trincomalee District
Agrarian Center – Kantalai
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Ganthalawa Unit 12 227S 2. Gantalawa Unit 11 227P 3. Raja Ela Unit 05 227N 4. Vandrasapura Unit 15 227Q 5. Raja Ela Unit 04 227M 6. Raja Ela Unit 03 227B 7. Peraru East 227O 8. Kantalai Town South 227K 9. Peraru West 227H 10. Peraru Unit 02 227G 11. Vandrasapura Unit 16 227R 12. Vandrasapura Unit 14 227A 13. Bathiyagama 227L 14. Kantalai Town 227
Agrarian Center – Jinnanagar
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Paddalipuram 219B 2. Pallikkudiyiruppu 219 3. Allainagar East 216A 4. Allainagar West 216E 5. Thoppur 216 6. Palathoppur 216C 7. Jinna Nagar 216D 8. Iqbal Nagar 216B 9. Nalloor 219A
Agrarian Center – Agbopura
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Rajawewa 227U 2. Agbopura 227C 3. Seenipura 227E 4. Sooriyapura 227F 5. Batukachchiya 227T
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Agrarian Services Centers in Trincomalee District
Agrarian Center – Gomarankadawala
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Mailawewa 233C 2. Kivulakadawela 233A 3. Pulikandikulama 233B 4. Bakmeegama 233D 5. Gomarankadawala 231 6. Kalyanapura 231C 7. Galkadawala 232 8. Kandamalawa 232B 9. Medawachchiya 233 10. Pamburugaswewa 232A
Agrarian Center – Mullipoththana
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Pokkuruni 228I 2. Sirajnagar 228E 3. Mullipothana North 228G 4. Mullipotana 228B 5. MollipothanaiEast 228F
Agrarian Center – Munnampodiveddai
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Mallikaithivu 218 2. Palathadichchenai 218F 3. Kanguveli 218C 4. Paddithidal 218B 5. Peruveli 218D
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Agrarian Services Centers in Trincomalee District
Agrarian Center – Padavi Sri Pura
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Sri Pura 31D 2. Samanpura 31M 3. Srit Thissapura 31L 4. Singhapura 31J 5. Lassanagama 31P 6. Kawanthissapura 31H 7. Gemunupura 31N 8. Sewa Janapada 31K 9. Parana Madawachiya 31F 10. Jayanthiwewa 31I
Agrarian Center – Nilaveli
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Periyakulam 241E 2. Irakkandy 241A 3. Valaiyoothu 241G 4. Gopalapuram 241B 5. Nilaveli 241 6. Veloor 241C 7. Nilaveli 241 8. Gopalapuram 241B 9. Valaiyoothu 241G 10. Kumpurupiddi South 240 11. Kumpurupiddi East 240B 12. Kumpurupiddi North 240A 13. Kumpurupiddi North 240A 14. Iqbalnagar 241D
Agrarian Center – Vanela
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Vanela West 227V 2. Vanela East 227D 3. Jayanthipura 227J 4. Pansalagodella 227W
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Agrarian Services Centers in Trincomalee District
Agrarian Center – Thampalakamam
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Puthukudiyirippu 228J 2. Kovil Kudiyiruppu 228K 3. Galmetiyawa South 228C 4. Galmetiyawa North 228L 5. Thampalakamam 228A 6. Palampaddaru 228
Agrarian Center – Pulmoddai
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Pulmoddai H-2 31H 2. Pulmoddai I-1 31I 3. Pulmoddai H-2 31H 4. Pulmoddai G-3 31G 5. Pulmoddai J-4 31J 6. Thennaimaravady 31
Agrarian Center – Sampoor
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Eluppaikulam 242B 2. Samapalthevu 242 3. Kaddaiparichchan South 222 4. Chenaiyoor 222A 5. Nawarednapuram 221A 6. Sampoor East 220 7. Koonitivu 221 8. Sampoor West 220A 9. Kadarkaraichenai 222C 10. Kaddaiparichchan North 222B
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Agrarian Services Centers in Trincomalee District
Agrarian Center – Verugal
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Karukamunai 214G 2. Eachchilampattai 214 3. Poonagar 214B 4. Poomaraththadichenai 214H 5. Verugal 214A 6. Anaitheevu 214D 7. Verugal Mugathuvaram 214E 8. Illankaithurai Mugathuvaram 214F 9. Ilankaithurai 214C
Agrarian Center – Seruwila
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Kawanthissapura 215E 2. Tanganagar 215G 3. Ariyamankerni 217D 4. Mahindapura 215C 5. Somapura 217A 6. Seruwila 215 7. Lingapura 217E 8. Serunuwara 215F 9. Neelapola 217B 10. Dehiwaththa 217 11. Sivapuram 217F 12. Samagipura 217C 13. Srimangalapura 217G 14. Navatkernikadu 215B 15. Sumedankarapura 215D 16. Uppooral 215H 17. Mahaweligama 215A
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Agrarian Services Centers in Trincomalee District
Agrarian Center – Uppuveli
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Wilagama 243E 2. Kanniya 243B 3. Welveri 243Q 4. Puliyankulam 243L 5. Mankaiyoottu 243K 6. Selvanayahapuram 243M 7. Mihindapura 243I 8. Jinnanagar 244O 9. Anpuvalipuram 243C 10. Palaiyoottu 243D 11. Sivapuri 244Q 12. Kavaddikuda 229D 13. Sumedhankarapura 229B 14. Andankulam 243A 15. Singhapura 243H 16. Kovilady 243P 17. Muththunagar 229F 18. Kappalthurai 229E 19. Wellaimanal 229 20. Nachchikuda 229C 21. China Bay 229A 22. Poompuhar 243O 23. Mudcove 244M 24. Linganagar 244R 25. Abayapura 244N 26. Orr's Hill 244P 27. Thillainagar 244H 28. Arunagirinagar 244G 29. Villundy 244E 30. Arasady 244J 31. Peruntheru 244L 32. Pattanatheru 244K 33. Thirukadaloor 243F 34. Murugapuri 243G 35. Uppuveli 243 36. Salli 242A 37. Varothayanagar 243N 38. Peeliyady 243J 39. Salli 242A 40. Manayaveli 244F 41. Sonagavadi 244I
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Agrarian Services Centers in Trincomalee District
Agrarian Center – Muthur
Serial GN Divisions GN Divisions No 1. Muttur East 223A 2. Neithal Nagar 223D 3. Palanagar 223G 4. Jaya Nagar 224G 5. Muthur Central 223F 6. Anaichenai 223B 7. Alimnagar 224B 8. Iruthayapuram 218E 9. Jinna Nagar 224E 10. Shaff Nagar 224F 11. Periyapalam 224A 12. Thaqwa Nagar 223C 13. Naduthivu 223E 14. Thaha Nagar 224C 15. Muttur West 224 16. Ralkully 224D
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